Native Plant Profiles

Get information on how to make your favorite native plants thrive in your bird-friendly garden.

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Phlox: A Sweet Addition To Any Woodland Garden
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Phlox: A Sweet Addition To Any Woodland Garden

Plant Eastern Blue Phlox for an evergreen ground cover that adds a burst of spring color to your garden, a sweet fragrance, and attracts hummingbirds.

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Plant spicebush, give a bird one more day!
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Plant spicebush, give a bird one more day!

The Spicebush is among our Bird-Friendly Native Plants of the Year for 2015. Find this and other plants at your local participating retailer.

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Vines Make for Happy Hummers
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Vines Make for Happy Hummers

Vines are self-filling hummingbird feeders! Plant them in your bird-friendly backyard.

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Winterberry – Irresistible to Birds AND People
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Winterberry – Irresistible to Birds AND People

Not only will the winterberries delight human neighbors every fall and winter, they will attract and feed a variety of birds.

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Happy Hummers Get Wild for White Flowers
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Happy Hummers Get Wild for White Flowers

With its white blossoms, Virginia Sweetspire might not look like a hummingbird magnet, but you can bet it is!

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Plant Beautyberry for Birds
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Plant Beautyberry for Birds

Plant an American beautyberry, and you WILL get a Black-throated Blue Warbler in your yard.

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Cardinal Flower: A Hummingbird Magnet
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Cardinal Flower: A Hummingbird Magnet

Attract Ruby-throated Hummingbirds to your yard with this bird-friendly native plant now available with participating retailers.

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Sweetbay Magnolia: Adding Life to Your Garden
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Sweetbay Magnolia: Adding Life to Your Garden

The Sweetbay Magnolia is among our Bird-Friendly Native Plants of the Year for 2016. Find this and other plants at your local participating retailer.

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A River Birch Oasis
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A River Birch Oasis

If you have space to plant just one tree to feed your birds, you can’t go wrong with the River Birch, one of our 2016 Bird-Friendly Native Plants of the Year.

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Enjoy A Living Bird Feeder with Little Bluestem
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Enjoy A Living Bird Feeder with Little Bluestem

Planting Little Bluestem in your yard is like planting a living bird feeder. Learn more about this plant featured on our 2016 Bird-Friendly Native Plant of the Year list.

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Your Go-To Local Experts: Native Plant Retailers
Bird-Friendly Communities

Your Go-To Local Experts: Native Plant Retailers

They can provide tailored recommendations and change their inventory to support demand: here's why else our local Bird-Friendly Native Plant retailers are essential to our bird-friendly communities!

Help North Carolina's Executive Mansion Get Bird and Pollinator-Friendlier
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

Help North Carolina's Executive Mansion Get Bird-Friendlier

Help First Lady Kristin Cooper install a pollinator & bird friendly garden at North Carolina’s Executive Mansion!

Highlights From the 2017 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

Highlights From the 2017 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference

A great experience for anyone who is interested in planting for birds, whether you’re just getting started or you’ve been doing it for decades!

Find the Best Plants for Birds in Your Zip Code
Bird-Friendly Communities

Find the Best Plants for Birds in Your Zip Code

Discover the best bird-friendly native plants in your area by entering your zip code into Audubon's national database!

Blackgum Trees for Big Variety
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

Blackgum Trees for Big Variety

Who doesn’t love Blackgum? Thrushes, mimids, woodpeckers, tanagers, and waxwings all flock to this bird-friendly tree from August through October to vie over its berry-like stone fruits.

A Little Sign Goes a Long Way
Bird-Friendly Communities

A Little Sign Goes a Long Way

Adding a "Plants for Birds" sign to your native plant garden will help spread the word to your friends and neighbors that your community is bird-friendly!

A Star Plant to Attract Big-Beaked Birds
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

A Star Plant to Attract Big-Beaked Birds

Flowers like the Star Tickseed make for excellent backyard bird watching.

Nectar for Hummingbirds: The Sweet Azalea
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

Nectar for Hummingbirds: The Sweet Azalea

Sweet Azalea is a particularly important food source for our local Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.

Announcing the 2017 Bird-Friendly Native Plants of the Year
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

2017 Bird-Friendly Native Plants of the Year

A garden filled with an assortment of flowers, shrubs, and trees will attract a wider variety of birds and important insects for years to come.

Bringing Nature to North Carolina
Bird-Friendly Communities

Bringing Nature to North Carolina

Read a special interview with Doug Tallamy, author of "Bringing Nature Home".

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