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)
Malus domestica 'Idared'
Eating apple
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Panicum virgatum 'Squaw'
Red switch grass
Phormium 'Dark Delight'
New Zealand flax
Prunus armeniaca
Apricot
Ribes nigrum 'Ben Sarek'
Mid season blackcurrant
Ribes rubrum 'Red Lake'
Mid-season red currant
Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Red'
Cooking & eating gooseberry
Rosa rugosa
Rugosa rose, Ramanas rose, Japanese rose, Turkestan rose, Hedgehog rose
Rubus idaeus
Raspberry, Wild raspberry
Rubus idaeus 'Tulameen'
Summer fruiting raspberry
Sorbus ulleungensis 'Olympic Flame'
Japanese rowan, Chinese scarlet rowan
Symphoricarpos Magical Galaxy = 'Kolmgala'
Snowberry, Coralberry
Symphoricarpos Magical Sweet = 'Kolmaswet'
Snowberry, Coralberry
Syringa vulgaris
Common lilac
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Jersey'
Highbush blueberry, American blueberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea subsp. minus
Lingonberry, Mountain cranberry, Cowberry
Achillea 'Apricot Beauty'
Ornamental yarrow
Achillea 'Bloodstone'
Ornamental yarrow
Achillea 'McVities'
Ornamental yarrow
Achillea millefolium 'Colorado'
Bloodwort, Woundwort, Nosebleed, Thousand leaved yarrow, Sanguinary, Carpenter's weed
Acorus calamus 'Argenteostriatus'
Sweet flag, Myrtle flag, Flagroot
Aesculus hippocastanum f. laciniata
Horse chestnut, Conker tree, European horse chestnut
Alnus viridis
Green alder, European green alder
Amelanchier 'Northline'
Saskatoon, Juneberry, Service berry (Self-fertile)
Aronia melanocarpa 'Autumn Magic'
Black chokeberry
Aronia x prunifolia 'Viking'
Purple chokeberry
Arum italicum
Italian arum
Arum pictum
Autumn arum, Black calla, Black arum
Aster 'Ringdove'
Heath aster, Frost weed aster
Aster novae-angliae 'Rosa Sieger'
New England aster, Michaelmas aster
Aster novi-belgii 'Crimson Brocade'
New York aster, Michaelmas daisy
Aster novi-belgii 'Dusky Maid'
New York aster, Michaelmas daisy
Aster novi-belgii 'Peter Chiswell'
New York aster, Michaelmas daisy
Aster subspicatus
Leafy bract aster, Douglas aster
Aster tongolensis 'Napsbury'
East Indies aster
Aucuba japonica f. longifolia 'Salicifolia'
Spotted laurel, Japanese aucuba
Aucuba omeiensis
Japanese laurel
Berberis aggregata
Gerald's barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Fireball'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Sunrise'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Red Rocket'
Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry
Berberis x stenophylla 'Lemon Queen'
Rosemary barberry
Betula 'Royal Frost'
Birch, Hybrid birch
Betula pendula 'Fastigiata'
European white birch, Silver birch, Warty birch, Fastigiate common birch
Buddleja 'Purple Lion'
Dwarf Buddleia, Butterfly bush
Buddleja 'White Swan'
Dwarf Buddleia, Butterfly bush
Buddleja alternifolia 'Argentea'
Silvered fountain buddleia