On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 23:27:12 -0000, "will" wrote:

I'm designing a new (small) garden from scratch. 6m x 4m. I am very keen to
attract birds. I'm in the middle of London and the only thing currently on
the site is a mature sycamore.
I've read a bit, so I'm planning an ilex hedge (both sexes), climbing
honeysuckle, species rose (Rosa moyesii 'Geranium'), ivy, maybe a berberis.
Plus bird boxes, bird bath, feeders.

I just wondered what in your experience was your most succesful plant and/or
strategy for attracting birds? Specific cultivars especially welcome.

thanks

will

Pyracantha, Rosa rugosa 'Scabrosa' (for it's hips), Centaurea montana (leave the seed heads on a few
and cut off the rest for a succession of blooms - the goldfinches love them), elderberry.

Kath