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 Bird Garden
The Bird Garden demonstrates plants that a home gardener
can use to attract birds and create an attractive
landscape. It also showcases beautiful arbors filled with bird
feeders.
This garden has had many problems with white-tailed deer being
attracted to the plants as well as birds! The 2004 garden experimented
with various methods for repelling the deer.
Plants Used
| Latin Name |
Common Name |
Bird Use |
Prunus pensylvanica |
Pin Cherry |
summer food |
Amelanchier canadensis
|
Serviceberry, Juneberry |
summer food |
Sambucus canadensis
|
American Elderberry |
summer food |
Prunus maaki |
Amur Chokecherry |
summer food |
Campsis radicans |
Scarlet Trumpet Vine |
nectar |
Lonicera X brownii |
Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle |
nectar |
Rosa ‘William Baffin’ |
William Baffin Climbing Rose |
nectar |
Budleii davidii |
Butterfly Bush |
nectar |
Heuchera sanguinea |
Coral Bells |
nectar |
Weigela florida |
Red Prince Weigela |
nectar |
Aquilegia canadensis |
American Columbine |
nectar |
Salvia splendens |
Scarlet Sage
|
nectar |
Petunia X hybrida |
Red Petunia (single)
|
nectar |
Lobelia cardinalis |
Cardinal Flower
|
nectar |
Monarda didyma |
Scarlet Bergamot, Bee Balm |
nectar |
Cornus sericea |
Red-osier Dogwood |
fall food |
Ilex verticellata |
Winterberry |
fall food |
Physocarpus opulifolius |
Dart's Gold Ninebark |
fall food |
Cosmos sulphureus |
Cosmos
|
fall food |
Cotoneaster acutifolia |
Cotoneaster, Pekin |
fall food |
Zinnia elegans |
Zinnia |
nectar/seeds |
Malus sp. |
Crabapple (U of M) |
winter food |
Viburnum trilobum |
Am. Highbush Cranberry |
winter food |
Celastrus scandens |
Bittersweet |
winter food |
Symphoricarpus albus |
Snowberry |
winter food |
|
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