When the heat is on, Echinacea flowers flourish! Echinacea, nature’s butterfly magnets, are native to the dry prairie states, and love the baking sun. Birds, especially Goldfinches, love the seeds, and will eat directly from the drying flower heads. Echinaceas make gorgeous cut flowers, and the drying flower pods …
We love Peking Cotoneaster for its stunning fall color, berries for the songbirds in winter, and attractive white flowers with glossy leaves in spring. This large shrub, 6-10’ tall and wide, is often used as a wind block and to provide a thicket to shelter small birds in winter from …
