Help! Mystery Wisteria muncher
 

"Anne wrote in message
For the first time this year our Wisteria (Purple Patches) is finally
threatening to flower. I have been measuring the developing racemes daily.
(sad person that I am);0) However this afternoon to my horror I see that
the
longest of these (still green and about10cm long) appears to have been
stripped of all but the terminal florets. Sorry i don't really have the
vocab for this but I am trying....

So, what eats Wisteria flowers and what can i do to prevent it please?

Well if you lived in this area I would suggest those pretty Surrey parrots,
actually Ringed Necked Parakeets. They strip the leaves and flowers off lots
of plants.

Parked under a conker tree the other week and when I came back the car was
covered in new shoots/flowers of the tree, strange I thought , then I looked
up and there they were, neatly nipping off all the shoots. One clap from me
and away they went with a lot of noise.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.