Variety is the key to encouraging birds of all kinds. Providing a mixture of large trees, (deciduous and conifer); clumps of berry-laden shrubs; fruit trees; many kinds of flowers and grasses; weeds allowed to seed; insects to forage; fresh water; and a well stocked feeder will please a great variety of birds. (P.S. Remember, easy on the chemical sprays.)
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Conifers |
Warning: Conifers are high risk for wild fire | Conifers are “Prohibited Trees” in Ashland Oregon | ||
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Douglas Fir Western Hemlock |
Junipers Pines |
Spruce Yews |
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Perennials |
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Aster Bee Balm Coreopsis Columbine Crocosmia Lucifer Cardinal Flower Bleeding Heart Delphiniums Sages/Salvias |
Comfrey Pensemons Butterfly Bush Garden Phlox Globe Thistle Goldenrod Foxglove Ornamental Grasses |
Red Hot Poker Coral Bells Dianthus Lupine Cornflower Yucca |
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Deciduous Trees |
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Birch Dogwoods Madrone Russian Olive Mountain Ash |
Cherry Filbert Maples Crabapple Hawthorn |
Sassafras Oaks Hickory Walnut |
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Annuals |
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Marigolds Calendula Cosmos Sunflowers |
Zinnias Petunias Salvia Phlox |
Impatiens Nicotiana Fushias |
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Shrubs |
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Holly Pyracantha Viburnums Lilac Weigela Blackberry Mulberry Snowberry |
Oregon Grape Wild Current Honeysuckle Cotoneaster Sumac Serviceberry Flowering Quince |
Barberry Raspberry Hackberry Elderberry Manzanita Gooseberry Buckbrush |
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Vines |
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Trumpet Honeysuckle Virginia Creeper |
Scarlet Runner Bean Morning Glory |
Trumpet Vine |
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Ground Covers |
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Kinnikinnik |
Wintergreen |
Partridgeberry |
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Article from: Rogue Valley Grange Coop
Photo by: Carlotta Lucas