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Plant Shrubs to Attract Worcestershire Wildlife.

Wildlife will be attracted to a pond in your garden, including birds frog’s newts even dragonfly’s and insects.
Shrubs in your garden can help to attract and encourage wildlife, as well as providing colour and fragrance.
With careful selection your garden can have a shrub in bloom during every month of the year, attracting birds, butterflies and bees, throughout the summer.

Some shrubs will grow in any soil, but most are sensitive to conditions. Most garden soil is satisfactory, chalky soil can be a problem. But there are shrubs that will tolerate lime.
Most shrubs are unaffected by frost, and are perfectly hardy in the British Isles. But some will not survive the colder north.

Shrubs can be planted in mixed borders but plan carefully. Evergreen and deciduous types should be used.

Plant these shrubs to attract butterfly’s and birds,
Buddlia, (Butterfly Bush) Hebe, (Veronica) Lavandula, (Lavender) Ligustrum, (Privet)

Common Shrubs to attract birds.
Aucuba, Berberis, Chaenomeles, (Japonica) Cotoneaster, Daphne, Euonymus, Hypericum, Ilex, (Holly) Mahonia, Pyracantha, Rhus, (Sumach) Ribes, (Ornamental Currant) Skimmia, Syringa, (Lilac) Viburnum,

When planting a container grown shrub, dig a hole twice the width of the root ball, make sure it is at the required depth, (look for the soil mark on the stem) mix the removed soil, with peat and fertiliser, if planting in the autumn add a handful of bonemeal.
Tap the shrub carefully from its container, place in hole and refill around shrub with mixed soil, firm soil gently, with heel and top up, finally fork around, and give a good soaking.
During dry spells water daily.