Landscaping for Birds - Page 3 - Wildlife Gardeners

midwesternerr · 03-27-2009, 09:06 PM

Maggy, sounds like you've been busy! It;s OK to seed in those ground covers and just tell people you hand planted each one too

MaggyNoLia · 03-27-2009, 09:44 PM

Here are a couple of pics of the backyard. Picture #1 is what we started with and picture #2 is what stage one looks like in the winter. I'll try to get a picture of it all green....

LadySapphire22 · 03-28-2009, 09:09 AM

That is lovely, look forward to seeing more pictures of your spot

biigblueyes · 03-28-2009, 07:59 PM

Wow- very nice!

TheLorax · 03-29-2009, 08:44 AM

Beautiful MaggyNoLia! That will fill in nicely over the next few years. I was at a conference this weekend and the speaker was Doug Tallamy. He mentioned that the ornamental industry was 1.7 billion dollars strong with lots of lobbyists. He also mentioned how they can't patent straight species- no $. He discussed how we can create both formal and informal gardens using native species just as easily as we can using alien species and provided examples of how beautiful landscapes with North American native plants could be. Funny thing, some of his examples were from European landscapes where our plants are alien to them. He went on to talk about the constricts we humans have in our own heads. Keep up the good work MaggyNoLia! Corridors! I am convinced it is going to come down to corridors.

Cirsium · 11-11-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggyNoLia

Here are a couple of pics of the backyard. Picture #1 is what we started with and picture #2 is what stage one looks like in the winter. I'll try to get a picture of it all green....

May we have some after photos please ...

Random · 11-11-2009, 04:23 PM

try your local Audubon Society as well. I have personally found them to be a bit better at native wildlife gardening than the native plant society. The NPS is outstanding, but for Audubon it's their specialty. They promote native plants and have a deep knowledge of the needs of migrants. It works.

For birds my advice is serviceberrys you can stuff on a property, viburnums viburnums viburnums, shrub dogwood (silky, gray) and blueberry family. Blueberry will go the day it ripens but viburnums and serviceberry help in winter. A small fruited cherry and crabapple are great spring food. Holly for late winter. Beautyberry does not get eaten often here but it may be that I have too many other preferred plants.

AlisonKerr · 11-11-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggyNoLia

Here are a couple of pics of the backyard. Picture #1 is what we started with and picture #2 is what stage one looks like in the winter. I'll try to get a picture of it all green....

Um, your backyard is just a tad bigger than mine

I like the book recommendation though. Although Kansas was not listed as one of the states covered, I'm only 1/2 mile from the Missouri state line - I'm going to assume this book would be pretty ideal for my needs. I'm adding it to my (mentally) growing wishlist.

biigblueyes · 11-11-2009, 06:35 PM

Be careful, Alison. The folks here will have you ordering more books than the postman can carry. . . .

MaggyNoLia · 11-11-2009, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cirsium

May we have some after photos please ...

Everything just in the ground.

One year later...minus the 20 plants we just planted that we picked up at our native plant sale.

03-27-2009, 09:44 PM	#22
MaggyNoLia Fox Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Carolina	Here are a couple of pics of the backyard. Picture #1 is what we started with and picture #2 is what stage one looks like in the winter. I'll try to get a picture of it all green.... Attached Thumbnails

03-28-2009, 09:09 AM	#23
LadySapphire22 Heron Join Date: Nov 2008	That is lovely, look forward to seeing more pictures of your spot __________________ Lady S There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~Mirabel Osler

03-28-2009, 07:59 PM	#24
biigblueyes WG Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA	Wow- very nice! __________________ My yarden and I lean a little to the wild side.

03-29-2009, 08:44 AM	#25
TheLorax Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Nov 2008	Beautiful MaggyNoLia! That will fill in nicely over the next few years. I was at a conference this weekend and the speaker was Doug Tallamy. He mentioned that the ornamental industry was 1.7 billion dollars strong with lots of lobbyists. He also mentioned how they can't patent straight species- no $. He discussed how we can create both formal and informal gardens using native species just as easily as we can using alien species and provided examples of how beautiful landscapes with North American native plants could be. Funny thing, some of his examples were from European landscapes where our plants are alien to them. He went on to talk about the constricts we humans have in our own heads. Keep up the good work MaggyNoLia! Corridors! I am convinced it is going to come down to corridors. __________________ "In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; we will understand only what we have been taught." -Baba Dioum, Senegalese ecologist

11-11-2009, 04:23 PM	#27
Random Grub Join Date: May 2009 Location: Georgia	try your local Audubon Society as well. I have personally found them to be a bit better at native wildlife gardening than the native plant society. The NPS is outstanding, but for Audubon it's their specialty. They promote native plants and have a deep knowledge of the needs of migrants. It works. For birds my advice is serviceberrys you can stuff on a property, viburnums viburnums viburnums, shrub dogwood (silky, gray) and blueberry family. Blueberry will go the day it ripens but viburnums and serviceberry help in winter. A small fruited cherry and crabapple are great spring food. Holly for late winter. Beautyberry does not get eaten often here but it may be that I have too many other preferred plants. __________________ Ecosystem. That's the stuff in your backyard. Go look, it's there. Really.

03-27-2009, 09:06 PM	#21
midwesternerr Mentor Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: STLOUIS USA	Maggy, sounds like you've been busy! It;s OK to seed in those ground covers and just tell people you hand planted each one too

11-11-2009, 06:35 PM	#29
biigblueyes WG Facilitator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cajun Country, Louisiana, USA	Be careful, Alison. The folks here will have you ordering more books than the postman can carry. . . . __________________ My yarden and I lean a little to the wild side.

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