Plants to attract birds
To attract birds plan your planting to provide food and cover. Birds will eat insects, that you are also attracting^, and will also eat fruit and berries. These tend to be seasonal, but, even when birds rely on your bird feeders try to position these to deter swooping sparrow hawks. If possible provide continuous shrub and tree cover, and provide artificial nesting sites cats can't reach, positioned where they won't bake all day in the sun. Avoid pesticide sprays that will decimate the insect population.
Plants (2081)
Diospyros virginiana
Ebony, American persimmon, Possumwood
Echinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue'
Blue globe thistle
Echinops ritro
Steel globe thistle, Small globe thistle, Southern globethistle
Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue'
Steel globe thistle, Small globe thistle, Southern globethistle
Echinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus
Steel globe thistle, Small globe thistle, Southern globethistle
Echinops sphaerocephalus 'Arctic Glow'
Steel globe thistle, Small globe thistle
Elaeagnus 'Quicksilver'
Oleaster
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Oleaster, Russian Olive, Wild olive, Silver berry
Elaeagnus commutata
Oleaster, Silver berry
Elaeagnus macrophylla
Oleaster, Broad leaved oleaster
Elaeagnus pungens 'Dicksonii'
Oleaster
Elaeagnus pungens 'Forest Gold'
Oleaster
Elaeagnus pungens 'Hosoba-fukurin'
Oleaster
Elaeagnus pungens 'Variegata'
Oleaster
Elaeagnus umbellata
Oleaster, Autumn olive
Elaeagnus x ebbingei
Oleaster, Hybrid oleaster
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Coastal Gold'
Hybrid oleaster
Eleutherococcus sieboldianus
Five leaf aralia
Eleutherococcus sieboldianus 'Variegatus'
Five leaf aralia
Eragrostis curvula
Weeping love grass, African love grass
Eragrostis curvula 'Totnes Burgundy'
Weeping love grass, African love grass
Euonymus alatus
Winged spindle tree
Euonymus bungeanus
Bunge's euonymus, Winterberry euonymus
Euonymus europaeus
Common spindle tree, Skewerwood
Euonymus europaeus 'Aldenhamensis'
Common spindle tree, Skewerwood
Euonymus europaeus 'Red Cascade'
Common spindle tree, Skewerwood
Euonymus grandiflora
Large flowered spindle
Euonymus hamiltonianus 'Indian Summer'
Hamilton's spindle
Euonymus oxyphyllus
Pointed spindle
Euonymus phellomanus
Cork spindle tree
Euonymus planipes
Dingle dangle tree, Flat stalked spindle
Fagus sylvatica
European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Gold'
Gold dawyck beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple'
Purple dawyck beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck'
Dawyck beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'
Weeping beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain'
European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula'
Weeping purple beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Red Obelisk'
European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii'
Rivers purple beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Rohan Gold'
European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Rohanii'
Purple fern leaved beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Spaethiana'
European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Zlatia'
Golden beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica Atropurpurea Group
Purple beech, Copper beech
Fagus sylvatica f. laciniata
Cut leaf beech, Fern leaf beech, European beech, Common beech
Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla 'Aspleniifolia'
Cut leaf beech, Fern leaf beech, European beech, Common beech
Fargesia angustissima 'One Boo™ Silkleaf'
Narrow leaf bamboo