Bird Attracting Plants

Plants that attract Birds

Shrubs:                                                                                                             

Aronia-Chokecherry

Dogwoods

Roses-esp. old fashioned wild types ie.- rubrifolia, rugosa with plentiful hips

Blueberries

Elderberries

Brambles-ie. Gooseberries, Currants

Coralberry

Viburnums- many species

Bayberry

Buckthorn

Pyracantha

Inkberry

Winterberry

Trees:

Cherries

Crabapples

Dogwoods

Firs

Hawthorns

Hollies

Junipers

Maples

Oaks

Pines

Birch

Red Cedar

White Spruce

Grasses:

Panicum (panic grass)

Calamagrostis (reed grass)

Vines & Groundcovers:

Honeysuckles

Trumpet vine

Virginia Creeper

Grapes

Perennials:

Scabiosa

Echinacea

Sedums

Violas

Yarrow

Asters

Penstemon

Rudbeckias

Foxgloves

Columbines (Humingbirds)

Coreopsis

Daylilies

Eupatoriums

Goldenrods

Ironweeds (Veronia)

Poppies

Yucca

Helianthus

 

Annuals/Biennials

Sunflowers (Helianthus spp.)

Kochia

Cosmos

Hollyhock

Lunaria

Impatiens

Petunias

Sweet Williams (Dianthus)

Verbenas (bonariensis)

Poppies

Hummingbirds Specifically:

Agastache

Columbines

Buddleia

Trumpetvine

Honeysuckles

Flowering Quince

Cleome

Fuchsias

Heuchera

Impatiens

Nepeta

Nicotiana

Scented Geraniums

Phlox pan.

Salvias - particularly elegaus (Pineapple Sage)

Petunias

Penstemons

Additional Elements for Luring Birds:

Sheltering thickets/Vines, Evergreens

Housing

Food- feeders and natural feed.

Bathing- Bird bath/Water, even in winter

Moving water helpful