One of the perks of having a home garden is watching the wildlife it attracts pass by. While gardeners and flower-eating deer will continue to headbutt, birds, hummingbirds and butterflies are welcome pollinators -- they borrow your yard for snacking and nesting, and in return they give you a garden full of sounds, colors and new life.
"If you provide food, water and a place to nest, you will get wildlife," said Louise Hodges, a landscape designer with 20 years of experience and her own natural pest control company (greenbugallnatural.com). Some plants attract more wildlife than others, and if you want to ensure you'll always have some guests in the garden, it's good to know which ones.