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Old 01-11-2011, 03:55 PM
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Friar Bird and 'Grass Tree'

I planted this 'Grass Tree' (Xanthorrhea Sp) Twenty two years ago.

This year they put up long seed pod spikes-most unusual plant.Its said they
take a very long time to get very tall.The birds and insects love the flowers.
Here are a couple of images I took of a Friar bird.There are large amounts of the birds that fight to land on the 'spear',so was hard to get a image of one still!

Hope these are of interest-thanks for looking-Cheers Chris
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