Attracting Birds and Butterflies

Attracts Birds:

Trees

  • Bosnian Pine
  • Chokecherry
  • Crabapple
  • Flowering Pear
  • Hawthorn
  • Mountain Ash
  • Pinion Pine
  • Serviceberry
  • Spruce
  • White Fir

Perennials

  • Aster
  • Black-eyed Susan
  • Purple Coneflower

Shrubs

  • Barberry
  • Chokeberry
  • Cotoneaster
  • Currant
  • Elderberry
  • Laurel
  • Oregon Grape
  • Privet
  • Pyracantha
  • Smooth Sumac
  • Tallhedge
  • Viburnum
  • Virginia Creeper

Attracts Hummingbirds:

  • Bee Balm
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Butterfly Bush
  • Columbine
  • Desert Four O’Clock
  • Honeysuckle
  • Hummingbird Trumpet
  • Lupine
  • Petunia
  • Phlox
  • Penstemon
  • Salvia
  • Sunset Hyssop
  • Sweet William
  • Weigela

Attracts Butterflies

  • Aster
  • Black-eyed Susans
  • Butterfly Bush
  • Butterfly Weed
  • Cardinal Flower
  • Cosmos
  • Echinacea
  • Elderberry
  • Gaillardia
  • Gayfeather
  • Globe Thistle
  • Lantana
  • Lilac
  • Joe Pye Weed
  • Parsley
  • Scabiosa
  • Sedum
  • Sunflower
  • Verbena
  • Viburnum
  • Yarrow
  • Zinnia

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