From the website, Choose Natives , this lovely and instructive article helped remind me to continue to increase the amount of habitat and nesting that we provide in our garden. Many, though not all, are native or considered to be native in Oklahoma. So, I did a little research on each recommended plant and provided a link to more information. You'll see the plant name in italics - those are my links for your edification. Here's the post Derek Stoner, Project Coordinator for the Delaware Nature Society, helped restore the 860-acre Middle Run Natural Area by “intensive habitat management”, including planting 12,000 trees and shrubs. His lecture, ‘ Native Plants for Nesting Birds: Connecting Flora and Fauna’, given to a group of enthusiasts at the Millersville Native Plant Conference in Pennsylvania, focused on his observations. Here are Derek’s landscaping recommendations for attracting birds: Plant shrubs in clusters (“habitat circles”) that will create the dense
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We are only recently zone 7. NE Oklahoma was zone 6b until about 10 years ago when it heated up to 7a.
But we still have horrific ice storms, spring blizzards with 18-inch snowfall, etc.
I bet most of those plants are worth trying. Dr. Miller puts solid fences on the north side of his plants to protect them from north winds.
Keep me posted on what you try!