Plants for Bird Gardens The following lists of plants are plants which will help you to attract and feed a wide variety of feathered visitors to your garden throughout the season.  Summer bird plants attract insects which provide protein in the spring and summer or produce early season fruit or seeds.  Winter bird plants produce seeds or fruits that overwintering birds eat during the winter months. Summer Bird Plants Aronia arbutifolia Eupatorium coelestinum Eupatorium hyssopifolium Eupatorium serotinum Gelsemium sempervirens Geranium maculatum Lonicera sempervirens Physocarpus opulifolius Polygonatum biflorum Pycnanthemum incanum Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Sambucus canadensis Vaccinium ashii Vaccinium corymbosum Viburnum dentatum Red Chokeberry Hardy Ageratum Hyssop Leaved Boneset Late Flowering Boneset Carolina Jessamine Wild Geranium Coral Honeysuckle Ninebark Solomon's Seal White Mountain Mint Mountain Mint Elderberry Rabbit-eye Blueberry Highbush Blueberry Arrow Wood Viburnum Winter Bird Plants Actea racemosa Alnus serrulata Andropogon gerardii Andropogon glomeratus Aquilegia canadensis Aster cordifolius Aster divaricata Aster lateriflorus Aster linariifolius Aster patens Aster puniceus Baptisia australis Chasmanthium latifolium Cheloni lyonii Chrysoganum virginianum Coreopsis major Coreopsis palmata Cornus amomum Echinacea laevegata Echinacea purpurea Euonymous americanus Helianthus atrorubens Helianthus divaricatus Helianthus strumosus Heliopsis helianthoides Heuchera americana Hibiscus coccinius Hibiscus moscheutos Hypericum densiflorum Hypericum hypericoides Hypericum prolificum Hypericum punctatum Lobelia cardinalis Lobelia puberula Lysamachia lanceolata Monarda didyma Monarda fistulosa Monarda punctata Oenothera fruticosa Panicum hemitomin Panicum virgatum Penstemon australis Penstemon laevigatus Polystichum aristichoides Ratibida columnifera Rudbeckia fulgida Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia lacinata Rudbeckia triloba Salvia lyrata Sambucus canadensis Sisyrinchium angusitfolium Solidago altissima Solidago caesia Solidago nemoralis Sorghastrum nutans Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Tridens flavus Black Cohash Hazel Alder Big Blue Stem Bushy Blue Stem Wild Columbine Heartleaf Aster Woodland Aster  Calico Aster Flax Leaved Aster Late Blue Aster Swamp Aster Blue Indigo River Oats Turtlehead Green and Gold Greater Tickseed Prairie Coreopsis Silky Dogwood Smooth Coneflower Purple Coneflower Hearts a bustin' Purple Disk Sunflower Woodland Sunflower Pale Woodland Sunflower Smooth Ox-eye Daisy Alumn Root Scarlet Mallow Swamp Mallow Bushy St. John's Wort Saint Andrew's Cross Shrubby Saint John's Wort Spotted Saint John's Wort Cardinal Flower Downy Lobelia Lanceleaf Loosestrife Bee Balm Wild Bergamot Dotted Mint Sundrops Maiden Cain Switchgrass Bearded Tongue Smooth Penstemon Christmas Fern Upright Coneflower Orange Coneflower Black Eyed Susan Greenheaded Coneflower Brown Eyed Susan Lyre Leaf Sage Elderberry Blue Eyed Grass Tall Goldenrod Wreath Goldenrod Gray Goldenrod Indian Grass Coralberry Purple Top