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Building a bird friendly garden is no easy task for some of us. Over the last several years I have set out to populate odd corners of the yard with native wildflowers. Some made it (e.g. Purple Coneflower, Foamflower, Trumpet Creeper). Some did not. I failed twice(!) with Eastern Columbine, and the supposedly sturdy Bee Balm (a favorite of hummingbirds--shown in photo) went belly-up in no time at all. Well, we win some and lose some and hopefully over the years I'll win more wildflower settlement battles than I lose and the attractions to the birds and other wildlife will grow.