by MaryAnn Fink
Conservation Specialist
copyright 2010
See the habitat Plant list at the end of this blog and hold tight for my Plant of the Week article featuring Vernal Witchazel which will be up next as soon as I share my giggles I can get back to work! I keep laoughing about Johm and Jim's banter with me today that somehow went from our featured plant to how John can't discuss Valentine's Day with Jim and somehow Jim dressed in lace became the topic.
I said something, he said something and somehow- I can just picture Jim dressed in lace like a picture I saw once of a little boy
- I was not going down that road but I think the listeners though I would and then I realized how it might have sounded and then - well my imagination ran away and I couldn't stop laughing thinking all the directions this topic could take and none of them has to do with plants!
If I have more experience with photo shop and more time to play I think I could "create" some images worth a laugh! Don't you think so?
In the meantime please click on the links below to begin following Jim's new blog and his best effort on listing habitat plants. He is actually very knowledable and best of all he tries to make gardening FUN!
Rolling Ridge Nursery’s new Jim McMillian BLOG
My favorite Guide Page at Rolling Ridge
MaryAnn's Songbird-Attracting Plants
When trying to attract songbirds (and keep them returning), provide a variety of plants that provide food (fruit/berries and seed) and shelter. If you have birdfeeders, place them near shrubs or trees that offer quick protection and a resting spot for the birds.
Jim has compiled a list of songbird-attracting plants to help in your landscape planning that includes trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals- check it out on his page or browse below to see which are my favorites from his list!
How many of these you have in your landscape? Try to add as many of these as reasonable this this year- it will not only increave your land value- Wildlife Gardening is truely "cheep" entertainment!
American Holly
Bald Cypress
Beautyberry
Black Walnut
Blueberry
Chestnut
Chokecherry
Colorado Blue Spruce
Common Juniper
Dogwood
Elderberry
Hazelnut
Mulberry
Oak
Sassafras
Sumac
Viburnum
Aster
Bee-balm
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Coreopsis
Goldenrod (Solidago)
Penstemon
Ageratum
Bachelor's Button
Celosia
Cleome
Cosmos
Four-o'-clock
Sunflower
Check back in tomorrow to read details about our great native Witchazel that blooms now!
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