re Weed profiles - for the birds
- Subject: re Weed profiles - for the birds
- From: D* W*
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:59:36 -0700
We were always urged to plant berrying plants for the birds. Those
are the plants that come up under trees where birds sit, digest their
berries and excrete the seeds. Holly, pyracantha, cotoneaster,
daphne, ivy - did I miss many?
Now I'm planting for hummingbirds. At least they like nectar,not
berries, and fewer of their flowers produce seedlings. Fuchsias
produce berries edible by humans, and presumably by birds, but I
haven't seen any volunteer seedlings.
Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
zone 8, Sunset zone 5 cool medit
