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WAS: Make your garden "bird friendly" now: Bird Gardens
[snip] Thanks mm, I thought I remembered you were North, but not sure. Why not add to your plants and have a "tall grass prairie garden"? First put in some Echinacea, Purple Cone Flower. Birds love the seeds. Then add a few grasses: Switch Grass, Panicum Indian Grass, Sorghastrum (beautiful) Big Bluestem, Andropogon Feather Reed Grass, Calamagrostis Maybe some Milkweed for the Butterflies You might even try Purple Prairie Clover, Petalostemon/Dalea It will add Nitrogen to the soil. I (hopefully) will have some purple coneflower coming back in another part of the yard. I will work through the list of grasses. I was actually thinking of red sorghum. How do you feel about goldenrod (or how do your neighbors feel about it?) It does not cause hay fever. There are some really beautiful cultivars available now, and it is a great additon to the garden. Butterflies love it and birds eat the seeds. I have 3 kinds, of various heights. I am a little scared of goldenrod. It may not cause hayfever but at least the wild stuff that grows around here I am definitely allergic to. I will check out the cultivars though. Emilie Nor Cal Thanks! |
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