The Della J. Bryce Wildlife Garden, through its choice of plants and its planting design, demonstrates some of these complex interactions between plants and animals. Using plant fibers found here, birds stay to build nests in the protection of the closely planted trees, shrubs and grasses. By creating, maintaining and preserving complex plant assemblages like the Wildlife Garden, we can help support the continuance of more forms of life on earth. By planting certain plants, you can attract certain types of animals. In summer and fall, this shrub's flowers can be covered with migrating butterflies, refueling with energy-rich nectar on their Canada to Mexico trek.
Most moths are active after dark.
However, Hummingbird Moths and Hawk Moths can be seen visiting many kinds of flowers during the day. Viburnum, crabapple, beautybush, winterberry, bayberry, mock-orange, sumac, rugosa rose, grasses, thistles and sunflowers will attract many different animals. To attract and keep birds and animals in a garden, food, water, shelter and home sites must be available. The plants and the insects that feed on them provide food. Shelter and nest sites are naturally present in the trees and shrubs that have been added to encourage the nesting of smaller bird species.