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The RSPB recommend feeding birds throughout the year but this is a most important time to ensure that your precious garden birds get through the winter

Here are the RSPB’s Top Tips for attracting birds to your garden:

Put out high protein seed mixes & kitchen scraps

Put out hanging feeders containing black sunflower seeds, sunflower hearts, sunflower-rich mixes or unsalted peanuts

Ensure a supply of fresh water every day

Supply apples and pears for blackbirds and thrushes

Fat blocks rubbed into the bark of trees is a great help for treecreepers, goldcrests and others

Put up nest boxes to provide roost sites for the smaller birds. They will then be used for breeding later in the year.

Plant berry-bearing plants such as Rowan, Cotoneaster, Pyracantha, Hawthorn, and Yew

Leave wild, weedy or shrubby areas in the garden to provide a natural seed and insect source

Feed live foods such as mealworms and waxworms

If you are unsure about how to feed the birds, click here to find out more

Plants in our Garden

Here is a selection of plants which have flowered really well in The Gardening Register garden this year; it is great to have a variety of shapes, sizes and colour in the garden. To obtain this make sure you visit your garden centre on a regular basis throughout the year and buy plants in flower so that you know exactly when the plant will flower and the colour of the flower. Bear in mind that some plants are "forced" to flower at certain times of the year to coincide with key events such as Mothers Day, Christmas and Easter.

The specimen you choose to buy should ideally still be in bud with plenty of strong, healthy stems coming from the base. The surface of the soil should be clear of all weeds and moss. Gently tip the plant out of the pot to ensure that the roots have fully filled the pot and that it is not too pot-bound. If there are any signs of pests or disease on any of the surrounding plants then leave well alone.

Click on the pictures below to buy similar plants from some of our favourite online suppliers of plants, seeds and other gardening related products.*

Dicentra spectabilis

(Bleeding Heart)

Clematis

(Multi Blue)

Iris

(variety unknown)

Peony

'Bowl of Beauty'

Camellia × williamsii

'Debbie'

Rosa

'Remember Me'

Forget-me-not

Japanese anemone

'Honorine Jobert'

Vinca major 'Variegata'

Greater Periwinkle

Hibiscus syriacus 'Oiseau Bleu' Rose mallow

Anemone × hybrida 'September Charm' Japanese anemone

Rudbeckia laciniata 'Herbstsonne' coneflower

Hypericum

'magical red star'

Rose campion

Lychnis coronaria

Lysimachia clethroides

Loostrife

Aquilegia alpina - Alpine columbine

Buddleja 'Pink Delight'

butterfly bush

Paeonia delavayi

Tree Peony

**Clematis Rebecca

Rose Flower Carpet

Red Velvet

Acer palmatum dissectum

Garnet

All photographs were taken and are owned by Linda Peppin if you wish to use these photographs in your own work please drop her a line using the contact us link below.
**Photo courtesy of Thompson & Morgan

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The RSPB recommend feeding birds throughout the year but this is a most important time to ensure that your precious garden birds get through the winter

Here are the RSPB’s Top Tips for attracting birds to your garden:

Plants in our Garden