[gfmucci]

One warning about bottlebush trees -- bees and wasps love them.* If you're allergic to bees, I would not recommend having one -- at least not close to a door or window.* Had one in California.* Loved it.* The second trip to the hospital convinced me it wasn't that pretty anyway and had to go.

I'm sorry about your allergy.* Wasp or bee bites or no fun, allergy or no allergy.* I had a Bottlebrush tree in South Florida for 18 years.* Never bitten by a bee there and I always did my own yard maintenance.* And the wasps seem to prefer the areas around our eves and downspouts; that would be (no pun intended) a more significant problem around here.* I've already experienced several wasps BBT (before Bottlebrush Trees) here.* I will keep a can of wasp spray handy...the kind with a 15 foot long narrow stream -* Black Flag or Raid.

They also attract butterflies which is nice.* Speaking of butterflies.* I've never seen a better butterfly attractor than the Passion Vine.* Amazing quantity of butterflies along a 50' fence covered with Passion Vines I once had.

Originally Posted by parksummit

Hey Jerry---I was always taught that bottlebrush trees were something you made to simulate pine trees on a model railroad, not a real tree. Learn something new every day. Glad to see you got moved in-have you airconditioned the garage for your new layout yet?

If the trees become a problem (which obviously they have become already ) then I will have hundreds of little bottle brush trees all over my train layout.* Yes.* The garage is AC'd.* I love it