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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

What to plant to attract songbirds, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard.

Columbine

Flowers to attract Hummingbirds to your yard.
bellflowers
columbines
honeysuckles
daylilies
coral bells
bleeding hearts
cardinal flowers
trumpet creeper
Texas sage
bee balm
morning glory
petunia
lantana

butterfly garden, butterfly gardening, garden for butterflies, attract butterflies

Flowers to plant to attract butterflies. Remember that butterflies need host plants for their caterpillars and nectar plants for the adult butterflies.
Queen Ann lace
Daisy
Butterfly bush
Joe Pye weed
Gold Rudebeckia
sedum
coreopsis
coneflowers
meadow sage
Foxglove
milkweed
sunflowers
goldenrod
aster
marigold
zinna
cosmos
verbena
lantana

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Trees and bushes to attract songbirds.
grasses
bushes
dogwoods
pines
oak trees
holly trees
cedar trees
walnut trees

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