Attracts Songbirds
How to Attract Birds to Your Garden
Birds are great friends to have in the garden, even though you sometimes have to keep them away from your crops. Their songs will fill your garden with a peaceful atmosphere, and having birds close to home is a great advantage for the avid birdwatcher. It isn’t as hard as you might think to create a bird-friendly environment, and you can explore tips for attracting birds to your garden. Find out which shrubs and trees are especially attractive to most birds.
Providing bird food is one great way to keep birds in your backyard, especially in the winter. Check out this list of winter bird food recipes and a categorized list of which wild birds like which foods. If you don’t have time to go out and buy the ingredients for these bird foods, try this simple recipe using ingredients that you can probably find in your pantry.
Hummingbirds are especially attractive to most gardeners because they are beautiful to watch as they hover in the air. Plus, they only eat the nectar from your flowers. Learn which plants are especially helpful to attract hummingbirds and specifically how to attract ruby-throated hummingbirds.
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Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Goji Berries
Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Currants
Planting, Growing, and Pruning Japanese Maples
Grow your own fig tree—even in cooler climates!
Also known as sunchokes, these cheerful sunflower relatives grow easily, spread fast, and offer nutty tubers come fall.
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From Backyard to Berry Bowl: Your Complete Raspberry-Growing Guide
A Complete Guide to Growing Delicious Peaches at Home
You can grow your own apple trees! Learn how.
Everything You Need to Know to Grow Blueberries That Are Bursting with Flavor
Learn how to choose, plant, and care for plum trees with this complete growing guide
Bring Color and Pollinators to Your Garden with Deer-Resistant Native Asters
Learn how to plant, grow, and care for Queen Anne’s lace—an elegant wildflower that adds texture to bouquets and draws pollinators to your garden.
Attract Pollinators, Brighten Your Garden, and Enjoy Long-Lasting Blooms
Meet Nigella—an easy, cool-season bloomer with lacy foliage, jewel-toned flowers, and unforgettable seed pods.
Planting, Growing, and Pruning Eastern Redbuds for a Pop of Springtime Cheer
Discover the beauty, care tips, and history behind Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium Purpureum)
Discover how to plant, grow, and care for dogwoods—the iconic flowering tree with spring blooms, summer foliage, and vibrant fall berries.
Native tree with spring blooms, edible berries, and fall color
Also known as gayfeather, this native perennial attracts bees, butterflies, and birds
What Are Native Roses, and Where Are Roses Actually Native To?
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Lantana Flowers That Butterflies Love
Bright, Bold, and Blissfully Easy: Bring Sunshine to Your Garden with Shasta Daisies!
Easy-to-grow annuals that thrive in poor soil and bloom from summer to fall.
Turn Your Yard into a Green Fortress: Grow Arborvitae Like a Backyard Boss
Including Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and Other Monarch Host Plants
A Hardy Native Shrub That Supports Wildlife From Spring to Fall
Planting, Growing, and Caring for Sedums
From glossy leaves to bright berries, hollies bring year-round charm—and a touch of holiday magic—to any garden.
How to Grow Honeysuckle for Scent, Shade, and Hummingbirds
An Old-Fashioned Healer That Attracts Bees and Butterflies
Fragrant foliage, winter berries, and low-maintenance native beauty
A tall, moisture-loving herb grown for its culinary, medicinal, and pollinator-friendly qualities.
Sunflowers that don’t need replanting and attract pollinators
A Complete Guide to Strawberry Plant Types, Planting Tips, and Harvesting the Best-Tasting Berries
What Is Penstemon? Meet the Tough Perennial with Trumpet Blooms