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Narena Olliver
New Zealand Birds
http://nzbirds.com
Good list of trees on this link..... to my mind Callistemon (bottlebrush) is a wonderful nectar source for tuis, silvereyes and butterflies and bees... it
Our neighbours had a large bottle-brush tree, which the waxeyes loved. Then the house was sold and virtually all the trees bulldozed. Hoping to keep the birds,
I was just wondering - what sort of native trees would be best to plant in a garden to attract birds? We have a fairly small garden, so they would have to be