Attract Birds Naturally

By planting species that are beneficial to birds, you can attract birds to your yard without putting out seeds or suet (which can attract unwanted wildlife like bears). Here are some options for attracting a variety of wild birds to your yard.

FLOWERS Aster Bachelor Button Black-eyed Susan California Poppy Chrysanthemum Columbine Marigold Sunflowers	TREES Alder Bayberry Birch Cedar (Juniper) Cherry Chestnut Crab Apple Dogwood Eastern Hemlock Fir Hawthorn Hazelnut Japanese Maple Plum Yew Mountain Ash Oak Pine Spruce Sumac Walnut
SHRUBS & VINES Bittersweet Blackberry Blueberry Boxwood Cotoneaster Elderberry English Ivy Grape Holly Honeysuckle Juniper Mulberry Myrtle   Raspberry Snowberry Viburnum Virginia Creeper Witchhazel

 

The plants below are attractive to hummingbirds.

FLOWERS Bee Balm Blazing Star Bleeding Heart Cardinal Flower Century Plant Columbine Coral-Bells Dame’s Rocket Delphinium Fire Pink Foxglove Fuchsia Hollyhocks Impatiens Lily Nasturtium Paintbrush Petunia Phlox Red-Hot Poker Sage Sweet William Yucca	SHRUBS Azaleas Beauty Bush Butterfly Bush Flowering Quince Lilac Red-flowering Currant Salmonberry
	VINES Honeysuckle Scarlet Runner Bean Trumpet Creeper Vine