There are lots of natural ways to encourage songbirds to visit your garden. Towards the end of summer when grasses begin to go to seed and your dogwood tree begins to fruit, the birds will fly in. Try adding a few of these plants to your garden and see who shows up for a meal!
PERENNIALS
- Asters
- Black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia
- Coneflower – Echinacea purpurea
- Coreopsis – Tickseed
- Joe Pye Weed – Eupatorium
- Sedum
ANNUALS
- Sunflowers – Helianthus annus
- Amaranthus – Amaranth
- Zinnia
GRASSES
- Feather Reed Grass – Calamagrostis
- Fountain Grass – Pennisetum
- Mexican Feather Grass – Nasella tenuissima
- Muhly Grass – Muhlenbergia
- Panicum virgatum Switchgrass
TREES
- Crabapple – Malus
- Dogwood – Cornus kousa
- Serviceberry – Amelanchier
- Vine Maple – Acer circinatum
SHRUBS
- Elderberry – Sambucus
- Evergreen Huckleberry – Vaccinium ovatum
- Pacific Wax Myrtle – Morella californica syn. Myrica californica
- Red-Flowering Currant – Ribes sanguineum
- Snowberry – Symphoricarpus albus
This is a small sampling of plants that attract birds. To learn more, visit us in-store and speak with one of our experts!
