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PLANTS USED FOR ATTRACTING BIRDS It is often advisable, in the making of landscape plantings, to usetrees and shrubs which possess ornamental values from a landscapeviewpoint, and which also produce fruit that attracts various species ofbirds. It is sometimes possible to use these plants in large groups,while in other instances it is advisable to use such plants as specimensat intervals in the proposed plantings. This type of plant must beone which produces fruit or seed pods which can be eaten by the birds.In this manner a large number of birds may be kept on many homegrounds throughout the different months of the year, especially ifplants are selected which attract the birds in these different months.It is much easier to select a group of plants which will attractbirds during the winter months when no food is available than it isto choose plants which will attract birds during the summer monthswhen food is plentiful. |
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