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)
Pennisetum x advena 'Fireworks'
Variegated Fountain grass
Phalaris
Canary grass
Phalaris arundinacea var. picta 'Feesey'
Gardener's garters, Reed canary grass, Ribbon grass
Photinia
Christmas berry
Photinia serratifolia 'Pink Crispy'
Chinese hawthorn, Chinese photinia, Oriental photinia, Christmas berry
Photinia x fraseri 'Little Red Robin'
Fraser's hybrid photinia
Photinia x fraseri Magical Volcano = 'Kolmacova'
Frasers hybrid photinia, Christmas berry
Phyllostachys aurea
Fishpole bamboo, Gosan-Chiku, Hotei-Chiku, Golden bamboo
Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. aureocaulis
Golden crookstem bamboo, Yellow groove bamboo, Golden groove bamboo
Phyllostachys nigra
Black stemmed bamboo, Kuro-Chiku, Black bamboo
Prunus
Cherry
Prunus avium 'Stella'
Sweet cherry
Prunus avium 'Sunburst'
Sweet cherry
Prunus cerasus 'Morello'
Sour cherry
Prunus domestica
Plum, Damson, Greengage
Prunus insititia 'Merryweather Damson'
Cooking damson
Prunus laurocerasus
Common laurel, Cherry laurel
Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
Common laurel, Cherry laurel
Prunus laurocerasus 'Zabeliana'
Common laurel, Cherry laurel
Prunus padus
Bird cherry
Prunus persica 'Peregrine'
Peach
Prunus x persicoides
Hybrid almond
Pyracantha
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Golden Charmer'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Mohave'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Orange Charmer'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Orange Glow'
Firethorn
Pyracantha 'Soleil d'Or'
Firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea 'Red Column'
Firethorn, Buisson ardent, Scarlet firethorn
Pyrus
Pear
Pyrus communis
Common pear, Garden pear
Pyrus communis 'Beurre Hardy'
Eating pear
Pyrus communis 'Conference'
Eating pear
Pyrus communis 'Doyenne du Comice'
Eating pear
Quercus robur
Common oak, English oak, Pedunculate oak
Rhus
Sumac, Taaibos
Rhus typhina
Stags horn sumach
Ribes
Currant, Gooseberry
Ribes nigrum
Blackcurrant, European blackcurrant
Ribes nigrum 'Titania'
Mid-season blackcurrant
Ribes rubrum 'Jonkheer van Tets'
Early red currant
Ribes rubrum 'White Versailles'
Whitecurrant 'Versailles Blanche', Early white currant
Ribes sanguineum 'King Edward VII'
Flowering currant, Winter currant, California gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa
Gooseberry, Goosegog
Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Yellow'
Cooking & eating gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa 'Invicta'
Cooking & eating gooseberry
Robinia
False acacia
Robinia pseudoacacia
Common acacia, False acacia, Black locust, Locust