Garden Plan to Attract Wisconsin Songbirds
There are a few things that are so beautiful like waking up to a beautiful songbird on your
bedroom window sill. If you want to enjoy them yourself, there is no need to keep them trapped
in a cage — just plant the native plants they thrive on!
This guide features regional native plants for the Great Lakes that are highly
attractive to our native songbirds and are well-suited to small-scale plantings in gardens,
on business and school campuses, in urban greenspaces and farm field borders.
In planning your garden, be sure to have something blooming all season so
there is always a food source for songbirds.
See the KEY at the bottom for details on the 'Soil' and 'Moisture' codes.
| EARLY
|
Columbine
|
Aquilegia canadensis |
Red, Yellow |
1-3' |
|
L,S |
D,M |
|
Downy Phlox
|
Phlox pilosa |
Pink |
1-2' |
|
L,S |
D,M,Mo |
| MID
|
Black-eyed Susan
|
Rudbeckia hirta |
Yellow |
1-3' |
|
L,S,C |
D,M,Mo |
|
Blue False Indigo
|
Baptisia australis |
Blue |
3-4' |
|
L
| D,M |
|
Pale Purple Coneflower
|
Echinacea pallida |
Purple |
3-5' |
|
L,S,C |
D,M |
|
Purple Coneflower
|
Baptisia australis |
Blue |
3-5' |
|
L,S,C |
D,M |
|
Smooth Penstemon
|
Penstemon digitalis |
White |
2-3' |
|
L,S |
M,Mo |
| MID-LATE |
Bergamot
|
Mondarda fistulosa |
Purpl |
4' |
|
L,S,C |
D,M,O |
|
Cup Plant |
Silphium perfoliatum |
Yellow |
3-10' |
|
L,S,C |
M,Mo,W |
|
Dense Blazingstar
|
Liatris spicata |
Pink, Purple |
3-5' |
|
D,L,S |
M,Mo |
|
Prairie Dropseed
|
Sporobolus heterolepsis |
White |
2-4' |
|
L,C,S |
M |
|
Stiff Goldenrod
|
Solidago rigida |
Yellow |
3-5' |
|
L,C,S |
D,M |
|
Yellow Coneflower
|
Ratibida pinnata |
Yellow |
3-6' |
|
C,L,S |
D,M,Mo |
| LATE
|
Little Bluestem
|
Schizachyrium
scoparium |
Purple, Bronze |
2-4' |
|
L |
D,M |
|
New England Aster
|
Symphyotrichum
novae-angliae |
Blue, Pink, Purple |
3-6' |
|
L,C,S |
M,Mo |
|
Smooth Aster
|
Symphyotrichum
laeve |
Blue |
2-4' |
|
L,S |
D,M |
|
Indian Grass
|
Sorghastrum
nutans |
Straw, Gold |
5-7' |
|
L,C,S |
D,M,O |
SOIL:
L = Loam
C = Clay
S = Sandy
R = Rocky
MOISTURE:
D = Dry
M = Medium
O = Moist
W = Wet
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