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Who loves seeing songbirds, hummingbirds and butterflies in their garden? I think it’s safe to say that most every gardener does!
Some basics they need include food, water and shelter. Supplying a bird feeder, houses and birdbaths is a great start but food is a priority.
A natural food source will bring them to your landscape while enhancing the beauty for you!
As you ponder those plants in the catalogs on a snowy day, think about providing songbirds with Coneflowers, Chokeberries, Serviceberries and Crabapples. Hummingbirds love the Cardinal Flowers too!
If you have room, consider adding a Spruce tree for shelter. Hummingbirds dig Weigela, Honeysuckle vine (I can attest to that) and monarda.
Larval host and nectar plants will keep them populating your place!
Swallowtails love dill.
I have several asters that the butterflies are all over, and they love chive flowers too!
The liatris or blazing star is very popular too. Food, refuge and soothing sips of water! What more can they ask for? And you get to enjoy watching them. Oh the big bumblebees will come too! Bonus.
