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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-4--503863926 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Believe it or not, plane old bayberry (Northern Bayberry, Myrica =20 pensylvanica) is eaten by many birds. It is a native, and does well =20 in poor soil. Shadbush is a good native bush (Amelanchier various species). I have =20= two species growing naturally on our property (I think one is A. =20 arborea, and the other is A. canadensis). It blooms very early in =20 spring, and produces small fruit which hang on into winter, providing =20= food for numerous birds. The problem is finding the local species in nurseries! Most garden =20 shops prefer to carry weird varieties. There is (as far as I know) no =20= good, native-plant nursery in the entire Halifax area. (Please, =20 someone prove me wrong!) There is one in P.E.I. = (http://www.macphailwoods.org/nursery/attwild.html=20 ). You can refer to the Flora of Nova Scotia to get a good idea of which =20= North American plants will do well in Nova Scotia. If you are making a garden, there are whole books and websites on =20 attracting butterflies. Although they are not strictly native, old crab-apple trees (most of =20 them accidental volunteers) are great for birds, if you do not spray =20 the trees (which kills the insects). In the spring, the blossoms are =20= infested with various grubs which the birds seek greedily. When the =20 cold seasons arrive, the fruit, shriveled and spoiled from our =20 perspective, is a life-saver for birds in the winter. The wild crab-=20 apples are better for wildlife than the nursery varieties, which =20 generally have blossoms which are showy, but don't last long enough to =20= acquire a good population of grubs; and the fruit is small, hard, and =20= unattractive to birds. =97Paul Boyer On May 2, 2008, at 12:37 AM, Melvina Weatherby wrote: > I will be out shopping soon for shrubs and anything I can plant =20 > for birds and butterfly to enjoy. > Could you help me out by giving me some plant names to purchase , =20= > Thank in advance. > > Melvina Weatherby > derrickweatherby@eastlink.ca > --Apple-Mail-4--503863926 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Believe it or not, plane = old bayberry (Northern Bayberry, <i>Myrica pensylvanica</i>) is eaten by = many birds. It is a native, and does well in poor = soil.</div><div><br></div><div>Shadbush is a good native bush = (<i>Amelanchier</i> various species). I have two species growing = naturally on our property (I think one is <i>A. arborea, </i>and the = other is<i> A. canadensis</i>). It blooms very early in spring, = and produces small fruit which hang on into winter, providing food for = numerous birds.</div><div><br></div><div>The problem is finding the = local species in nurseries! Most garden shops prefer to carry = weird varieties. There is (as far as I know) no good, native-plant = nursery in the entire Halifax area. (Please, someone prove me = wrong!) There is one in P.E.I. (<a = href=3D"http://www.macphailwoods.org/nursery/attwild.html)">http://www.mac= phailwoods.org/nursery/attwild.html)</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>You = can refer to the <i>Flora of Nova Scotia</i> to get a good idea of which = North American plants will do well in Nova = Scotia.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are making a garden, there are = whole books and websites on attracting = butterflies.</div><div><br></div><div>Although they are not strictly = native, old crab-apple trees (most of them accidental volunteers) are = great for birds, if you do not spray the trees (which kills the = insects). In the spring, the blossoms are infested with various = grubs which the birds seek greedily. When the cold seasons arrive, = the fruit, shriveled and spoiled from our perspective, is a life-saver = for birds in the winter. The wild crab-apples are better for = wildlife than the nursery varieties, which generally have blossoms which = are showy, but don't last long enough to acquire a good population of = grubs; and the fruit is small, hard, and unattractive to = birds.</div><div><br></div><div>=97Paul = Boyer</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 2, 2008, at 12:37 = AM, Melvina Weatherby wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">I will be out shopping soon for shrubs = and anything I can plant for birds and butterfly to = enjoy.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> Could you = help me out by giving me some plant names to purchase , Thank in = advance.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"> </font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"> Melvina Weatherby</font></div><div><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><a = href=3D"mailto:derrickweatherby@eastlink.ca">derrickweatherby@eastlink.ca<= /a></font></div><div> </div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div= ></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-4--503863926--
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