Winnipeg, Manitoba

Richard & Jennifer Gobeil

We’re passionate about birds and nature. That’s why we opened a Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop in our community.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Unit 45 11 Reenders Drive
Winnipeg, MB R2C 5K5

Phone: (204) 667-2161
Fax: (204) 667-0190
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Store Hours:
Mon - Wed: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
Thurs - Fri: 9:30 am - 8:00 pm
Sat: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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Missed the Gardening Presentation with Schreimers

Garden Expert:  Arlene Wheeler?

 

 

Don't Fret Here's some notes to Help you with your 2009 Garden Planning:

Plants That Attract Birds for Food & Shelter:

* Grasses                       * Millet

* Balsam                        * Black Eyed Susan

* Nasturtium                  * Annual/Perennial Sunflower

* Tickseed                       * Zinnia

* Blanket Flower            * Coneflower

* Goldenrod                    * Lupine

Shrubs and Trees

* Apple                  * Apricot                   * Cherry

* Crabapple          * Peach                      * Plum

* Pear                    * Dogwood                * Hawthorne

* Serviceberry (Attracts Jays, Orioles, Mockingbirds and Thrashers).

* Evergreen Trees (Ex. Juniper, Cedar, Cypress, Pine & Spruce).

* Shrubs & Trees that produce seed (Ex. Alder, Birch, Japanese and other Maple & Nut-bearing Tress).

Nectar Plants

* Angel's Trumpet                 * Foxglove

* Hollyhock                             * Honeysuckle

* Trumpet Vine                       * Wisteria

* Deep Throat plants attract Finch, Hummingbirds, Orioles & Tanagers.

Include Warm-coloured plants such as Orange, Red, Russet, and Yellow.

Plants to Attract & Feed Hummingbirds:

* Azalea                                                                   * Lantana

* Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)                                  * Manzanita

* Cape Honeysuckle                                              * Mimosa

* Flame Acanthus                                                  * Red Buckeye

* Flowering Quince                                                * Tree Tobacco

* Turk's Cap                                                             * Weigela

Vines:

* Coral Honeysuckle                                              * Scarlet Runner Bean

* Cypress Vine                                                        * Trumpet Creeper

* Morning Glory

Flowers (Perennials & Annuals; Pending on the Climate):

* Bee Balm                                      * Beard Tongue               * Snap Dragons

*Canna                                                * Firespike

* Cardinal Flower                               * Fuchsia

* Columbine                                        * Impatiens

* Coral Bells                                        * Jacobiana

* Four O'Clocks                                  * Jewelweed

* Foxglove                                           * Petunia

* Hosta                                                 * Various Salvia Species

* Hummingbird Mint                          * Shrimp Plant

* Little Cigar                                        * Penstemon

* Lupine                                                * Yucca

***All Information Provided here was distributed as hand-outs at the Gardening Presentation.  Futher sites for Gardening for Wildlife if you are interested are:  "Canada Gardens", "Operation Ruby-Throat: Hummingbird Gardens", & "Hummingbird Gardening in the Upper Midwest".***

Helpful Extras:

* Slug Eyes -  Watch for tiny & clear slug eggs hiding in crevices of sidewalks and cement.  Dig up now and the birds will love you and... you won't have slugs.

* Rotting Seed - This can be critical to your birds and make them sick.  Practice Tidy Feeding, keep feeders clean and rake the ground in the spring so that fresh seed may fall for those ground feeding birds.

* Merigolds (Yellow) - Attracts Grackles.  They will pull the heads off of the Merigolds and use the oils in the flower to preen their feathers.  Merigolds also discourage harmful insects.

* Fall Cleaning - Takes away from protection and feed for insects (ladybugs) and birds.  Clean up in the spring instead.

* Wind = Stress - Ease plants outside before planting in the garden to get them used to the climate.  Go from shade and ease into full sun.  10 degrees is a good temperature to start.  Cover plants with cardboard boxes during frost periods.

* Watering - Don't water daily, 1 deep water a week is actually better.  During hot weather roots dig deep for water and you don't risk burning your leaves from the hot sun evaporating droplets.

* Snow Call? - Seed your lawn! Birds don't get the seeds with the snow on top.

* Bloodmeal discourages Cats, Squirrles and Rabbits from eating your garden.  Tree Guard (Spray) also discourages as it turns the plant a red color and it tastes very bitter to eat.  "Repel" is a powder that detours cats as do Rose Clippings (Thorns).