Bird Garden
Our Bird Garden demonstrates how even a small landscape area with bird-friendly plants can have a beneficial impact on the local bird population.
This garden is designed with native and Florida-friendly plants selected to provide nutrient-rich berries, seeds, and insects that birds need to feed their young and thrive.
Birds like water or the sound of moving water.
Bird gardens also provide a safe haven for birds that face climate change, urbanization, and loss of biodiversity.
Give our feathered friends a fighting chance in this changing world. Create a bird garden at your home.
Plants Suitable for a Bird Garden in Sarasota County | ||
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Courtesy of Friends of Osprey Junction Trailhead | ||
Common name | Scientific name | Description |
Beach Verbena | Glandularia maritima | FL native |
Beautyberry, magenta | Callicarpa americana | FL native |
Beautyberry, white | Callicarpa dichotoma f. albifructa | FL native |
Coontie | Zamia integrifolia | FL native |
Darrow's Blueberry | Vaccinium darrowii | FL native |
Dotted Horsemint | Monarda punctata | FL native |
Firebush | Hamelia patens | FL native |
Frogfruit | Phyla nodiflora | FL native |
Jamaica Caper-tree | Quadrella jamaicensis | FL native |
Joe-pye Weed | Eupatorium fistulosum | FL native |
Locustberry | Brysonima lucida | FL native |
Marlberry | Ardisia escallonioides | FL native |
Myrsine | Myrsine cubana | FL native |
Necklace Pod | Sophora tomentosa truncata | FL native |
Pineland Heliotrope | Euploca polyphylla | FL native |
Simpson Stopper | Myrcianthes fragrans | FL native |
Smallflower Paw Paw | Asimina parviflora | FL native |
Southern Arrowwood | Viburnum dentatum | FL native |
Sparkleberry | Vaccinium arboretum | FL native |
Spiceberry Red Stopper | Eugenia rhombea | FL native |
Starry Rosinweed | Silphium asteriscus | FL native |
Tropical Sage | Salvia coccinea | FL native |
Weeping Yaupon Holly | Ilex vomitoria pendula | FL native |
Wild Coffee | Psychotria nervosa | FL native |