I'd love to shoot them, but nights here in the summer are in the low 50s or middle 40s, too cold. I have a nice .22 caliber air rifle. I use rat traps, on an 8 ft 2X2 to hang in the macadamia trees. I can put the trap up in the tree for the rat. The best bait is macadamia nut. The nut is drilled to stick on the trap's trigger. I had to encircle the trap-on-a-stick with wire mesh as I caught a couple of bluejays. No more birds, rats go in top or bottom of the cylinder of hardware cloth (usually the top where the trigger on the trap is). The end of last year and this year I only get small young rats, except now and then a big male. They are coming from neighbors. I have over 50 mature macadamias, always nuts around on the trees. They never bother other fruits except avocados, maybe citrus now and then.

dang, answered my own question by googling macadamia tree flowers.... this is a mystery tree still :)

I bought mine in a 5 gallon container from a local on Ebay. It was an air-layer from his tree, and it bloomed the first year, but has not bloomed since. It is now 3 years old in ground and is growing at a normal pace. It has more than trippled it's size both high and wide. We planted it a ways from the apple tree and it's now closing that gap. The variety is Beaumont. I don't think it's ever been fertilized. Hubby isn't the best about remembering to do that chore.

I had Macadamia in my great room and hallways in a previous home. I think it's a terrific color but would never put it in a little girl's room. Not at all a color that would go with pink or purple. What about a pale green?