We just managed to build an aviary in the back of the garden and all was looking good, till I realised there was a large jasmine along the fence next to it. DOH!

 

Does anyone have experience whether budgies will touch/eat it? How toxic is it? Yes, I know it's on the toxic lists for budgies. Luckily it's growing from my garden, not the neighbours, so I can cut it out if I need to. The trunk is 4m from the closet aviary wall (nothing for a jasmine). Do you think it can be managed with pruning, or would it be best gone? I was thinking if it has to go, I'd put a bougainvillea in. Alternately a bougainvillea by the avairy may fight off the jasmine and win the war for that space. I've checked the toxic lists, and a boug seems okay, but if anyone knows better, I'd appreciate your words of wisdom.

 

Thanks!

Actually, my Mum tells me it's a potato vine not a jasmine. I can't find it listed as toxic to budgies, but again my Mum tells me potato vine is poisonous generally..... so still not sure what to do. A branch has regriwn over the aviary so I'll just trim it back for now......

 

Any ideas about this plants bird safety?

Photo of aviary and plant ? Would help with any suggestions we may have.

Thanks Kaz.

 

It grows back in a few weeks even if I chop it back to a half metre from the aviary. It's overdue again for another chop back currently. I's a bit of a monster. Plus there's really no way that I can stop it coming through the fence and then the wire on the rear of the aviary from where it's grown into the neighbours.. So I'm currently thinking the plant has to go ASAP. I just hope the neighbour wont be upset when his green fence cover all dies off..... He'll hopefully be happy as he does have to cut it back where it's climbing onto his roof....After looking at it, I tend to agree with my Mum that it's a solanus jasminoides (potato vine). I can't find it on budgie toxic lists (though I do recall having seen solanus somewhere on a bird toxic list) but it's listed generally as having toxic berries (not that I recall seeing it with said berries on it)

The banana plants next to the aviary, when they get going, might be able to send suckers up through the aviary paved floor, but I think banana leaves are safe. There's a Feijoa on the other side which will grow big and a big bottle brush shading the aviary. I've got bottle brush branches inside, that have now dried, that the birds were having a great time playing in</div><div><br></div><div>IMG]http://i921.photobuc...wi/IMG_0551.jpg[/img]</div><div><br></div><div></div>

Edited January 6, 201213 yr by Grali