{"id":2598,"date":"2009-04-18T06:11:37","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2009-04-18T06:13:07","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T13:13:07","slug":"garden-around-a-bird-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/garden-around-a-bird-bath\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden with a Bird Bath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2600\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/garden-around-a-bird-bath\/attachment\/bird-bath\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2600\" title=\"bird-bath\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bird-bath.jpg\" alt=\"bird-bath\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bird-bath.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bird-bath-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/piper\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A bird bath can be popular with our feathered friends and be a focal point in the garden. If creating a new bed, for plantings, that will have a <strong>bird bath as a centre piece<\/strong> locate the bath just off centre. Work into the soil suitable compost\u00c2\u00a0 about 4 inches of garden compost will give the bed a good start.<\/p>\n<h3>Plant suggestions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Use plants of varied heights and colours and bear in mind you are trying to attract native bird species.<\/li>\n<li>For the <strong>back of the bed<\/strong> try a Persian lilac growing upto 10 feet. <em>Syringia Persica<\/em> has fragrant mauve flowers.<\/li>\n<li>If there is a wall or sturdy fence try Virginia creeper <em>Parthenocissus tricuspidata<\/em> with it&#8217;s red autumn leaves and hiding place for the birds.<\/li>\n<li><!--more--><strong>Tall scented plants<\/strong> include Sweet Rocket <em>Hesperis matronalis<\/em>, <em>Myrrhis odorata<\/em> and Tobacco plant <em>Nicotiana alata<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>For <strong>light colours<\/strong> try Lamb&#8217;s Ears <em>Stachys byzantina<\/em> with fuzzy foliage, Verbascum <em>bombycifereum <\/em>and the white racemes of <em>Eremurus stenophyllus<\/em> the Foxtail Lily. I also have the purple and the white flowering Lychnis.<\/li>\n<li>Medium sized\u00c2\u00a0 plants include <em>Nepta<\/em> Cat Mint and Stokes Aster and perhaps a white Rose.<\/li>\n<li><strong>At the front of the border<\/strong> and around the bird bath prostrate juniper horizontalis with some Trilliums would look good or thyme, Helianthemum Sun roses.<\/li>\n<li>I have some fountain grass near my bird bath and you could try <strong>other grasses<\/strong> to give movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cultivation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Just because you are trying to attract wild life it is not an excuse to leave things untidy, deadhead and edge at least once a month.<\/li>\n<li>Mulch perhaps with bark chippings or leave a patch for a dry dust bath.<\/li>\n<li>Fertilise to encourage flowers as scent and colour appeal to bird just as they do to us.<\/li>\n<li>Think about seeds for the birds in winter in\u00c2\u00a0 anearby part of the garden.<\/li>\n<li>A nearby hedge can also work wonders in trying to attract birds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>source A bird bath can be popular with our feathered friends and be a focal point in the garden. If creating a new bed, for plantings, that will have a bird bath as a centre piece locate the bath just off centre. Work into the soil suitable compost\u00c2\u00a0 about 4 inches of garden compost will give the bed a good start. Plant suggestions Use plants of varied heights and colours and bear in mind you are trying to attract native&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/garden-around-a-bird-bath\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,10,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-gardening","category-flowers","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}