What are Some Good Plants for Birds?
To attract birds, combine a variety of trees, shrubs, and flowers that will provide nesting areas and winter shelter, as well as year-round food and locations for birds to hide from predators. Plants for birds include those that provide the fruits, berries, grains, seeds, acorns, nuts, or nectar that birds need. Some evergreens — such as pines, spruces, firs, junipers and others — provide sap, buds, and seeds. Other evergreens produce berries and seed-filled cones that attract birds. Nectar-producing plants attract hummingbirds and orioles. Plants for birds also include oaks, hickories, buckeyes, chestnuts, butternuts, walnuts, and hazels because they provide nuts and acorns that are attractive to some birds. Other good plants for birds include berry producing shrubs and ground covers. Plants that lose their leaves in the winter usually provide the best food source potential and also offer protective nesting areas in the leaf-bearing months. To attract birds that eat fruits or berrie
