Don't worry Elizabeth, I'll come down and measure it for you. We both know you
have some very unusual plant specimens there. g
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Veerman <>
Sent: Wednesday, 25 July 2018 4:58 PM
To: 'Elizabeth Compston' <>; 'Birds Canberra'
<>
Subject: Camellia and crimson rosella
Large? 30–40 metres high is huge, like my blue gum. About ten times the usual
height for a camellia (I have just checked a garden book I have.) I have a
camellia in my yard, the usual about 2.5 metres high. It has been roughly the
same throughout my 32 years here. Flowers very well. I have never seen any
birds in it. For what it is worth "desiccating" means drying out, so I don't
think the birds are doing that.
Philip
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Compston
Sent: Wednesday, 25 July, 2018 2:23 PM
To: Birds Canberra
Subject: Camellia and crimson rosella
We have a large camellia, about 30–40 metres high and about 40 years old in our
garden. It has flowered beautifully until the crimson rosellas decided that
the buds were a tasty morsel. I am not sure whether they are desicating the
whole of the bud, or just the outer petals. Has anyone else had this problem?
The birds are not touching any other camellias, which are not as tall or as old
as the one that is in trouble.
A net would be a lot of trouble and not very attractive just outside the from
door
Elizabeth Compston
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