We popped over to our bush block on the weekend and it was lovely to see the Blackthorn (Bursaria Spinosa) in flower. They are quite prickly but I left quite a few stands of them to provide habitat for the little birds. I also read somewhere recently that they have a synergistic relationship with the eucalyptus trees helping to keep them healthy so another good reason to keep them.
I can´t remember having ever seen Blackthorn. But it´s great you keep them for the good reasons! At our caravan park in Perth they used to have eucalyptus trees and those very few times there was rain it smelled so beautifully!
ReplyDeleteThe fragrance of eucalypts would be more noticeable to you than to we who live with them all the time.
DeleteInteresting fact. Beautiful flowering native.
ReplyDeleteIt’s nice that they flower later so have their own season.
DeleteI don't think I know Blackthorn. It does look nice though.
ReplyDeleteI never notice it in the mountains but it is bound to be there I think. They quicklycolonise disturbed ground. Parts of the block were cleared many years ago so is disturbed though not lately.
DeleteThe Blackthorn is so pretty when flowering Joan Elizabeth, the birds would love it 🐦
ReplyDeleteThe birds do love it.
DeleteGood reasons to keep them around.
ReplyDeleteI think so.
DeleteSounds an interesting plant and it looks nice too.
ReplyDeleteYes it is quite pretty.
DeleteThose synergistic relationships can be very interesting, especially when they are well described at a microscopic level.
ReplyDeleteWe mostly don't think about the relationships though, we just want to tidy things up and make our gardens look more like the European ideal.
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