Tree - Best for Attracting Birds
Here are some of the best trees, shrubs, vines, annuals and perennials for attracting birds and other interesting and helpful animals to the garden:
TREES:
Tulip tree, oaks, hackberry, service berry, hawthorn, persimmon, deciduous yaupon, crabapple, elderberry, Eastern red cedar, scarlet buckeye, flowering dogwood, magnolia, mulberry, black cherry, rusty blackhaw viburnum, and figs.
SHRUBS:
American beautyberry, Rough leaf dogwood, abelia, winter honeysuckle, roses, flame bush – winged euonymus, Carolina buckthorn, elaeagnus, hollies, leather leaf mahonia, and Chinese photinia.
VINES:
Cypress vine, coral vine, cross vine, coral honeysuckle, Virginia creeper, grapes, and Carolina snailseed.
PERENNIALS:
Turk's cap, salvias, lantana, monardas, and chili pequin.
ANNUALS:
Sunflowers, scarlet sage, polk salat, nasturtium, hibiscus, ixora, and blackberries.
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