advice for bird plants

[Denis Wilson <>]

Hi Jude

A general comment, not a "List", but I would urge you not to plant a single species of plants, but to mix the plants up.

That way you can greatly increase the food sources; and the bird attractiveness will spread over a far wider period. In my experience many birds are just as happy with "cover" as with "food".

You probably didn't want to hear that advice, because you were talking about a "hedge". But hedges do not need to be completely uniform. 
Nature is not uniform, Nature is Diverse.

Denis Wilson

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:48 AM, jude hopwood <> wrote:

Dear All, especially plant enthusiasts,

 

I am planting a hedge across the front of my house facing north with some protection from the north westerlies.  As it can't be high maintenance (a little pruning is OK) it needs to be something that isn't large nor terribly wide like a correa reflexa, but something little birds could hide in as well as find food. Around a metre to a metre and a half is fine, but I'd probably prune it down to a metre. The COG website on 'conserving birds' refers to a 'list below' but there is no list I can find.  Can anyone advise or suggest a good reference?  I have lots of native plant books, but this request is particular to my needs.

 

Regards,

Jude

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