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)
Melica altissima 'Atropurpurea'
Purple melic grass, Purple Siberian melic
Melica ciliata
Silky spike mellic, Hairy melic, Eyelash pearl grass
Melica uniflora 'Variegata'
Wood melic
Mespilus
Medlar
Mespilus germanica
Medlar
Mespilus germanica 'Nottingham'
Small fruited medlar
Milium effusum
Wood millet, Woodrush
Milium effusum 'Yaffle'
Bowles golden grass
Miscanthus
Silver grass
Miscanthus 'Purpurascens'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Miscanthus floridulus
Pacific island silver grass, Tokiwa susuki
Miscanthus nepalensis
Himalaya fairy grass
Miscanthus sacchariflorus (ambig.)
Amur silver grass, Silver banner grass, Ogi
Miscanthus sinensis 'Blutenwunder'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Dixieland'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Flamingo'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Golden zebra grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella'
Graceful Chinese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gross Fontane'
Large fountain grass, Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Haiku'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Hermann Mussel'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Kaskade'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Klein Fontane'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Kleine Silberspinne'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Kitten'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
Silver varigated maiden grass, Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Nippon'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Punktchen'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Rotsilber'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Sioux'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Yakushima Dwarf'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
Zebra grass, Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis Red Zenith = 'Robnith'
Chinese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis Sunlit Satin = 'Robtin'
Chinese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cabaret'
Silver varigated maiden grass, Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cosmopolitan'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Susuki, Japanese silver grass
Molinia
Moor grass
Molinia caerulea
Purple moor grass, Mountain's friend
Molinia caerulea 'Karl Foerster'
Purple moor grass, Mountain's friend, Tall purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea 'Moorhexe'
Purple moor grass, Mountain's friend
Molinia caerulea 'Poul Petersen'
Purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea 'Transparent'
Purple moor grass, Mountain's friend, Tall purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea 'Windspiel'
Purple moor grass, Mountain's friend, Tall purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea
Tall Purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Bergfreund'
Purple moor grass, Mountain's friend, Tall purple moor grass
Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Heidebraut'
Purple moor grass, Mountain's friend, Tall purple moor grass