Hummingbird Garden (1 Viewer)

[Chris35rt]

We have always wanted a garden for hummingbirds and after a few trips to some local gardens and seeing what attracted them the best me and my wife made this yesterday, they are already using the feeder but are slowly starting to check the plants out. We planted 5 cigar plants and 4 Crocosmia.

Hope you enjoy

 

[AsterixnObelix]

Good luck Chris; I am in Queens NY and I have attracted a Female Ruby Throat for 4 years in a row after putting out feeders. Keep your feeders clean, change the nectar often and and you will get visitors. Also, if you have space, consider Honeysuckle, Cardinal Flower and Butterfly Bushes...they like them as well.

 

[KC Foggin]

I agree with the cardinal flower (lobelia cardinalis) and am quite taken with texas sage. The hummers actually love it so I've cultivated many, many plants from the dried flower spikes.

 

[AsterixnObelix]

Hi KC..I have no experience with Sage...though I have considered Scarlet Sage(Salvia Splendens). I have to look up and see if it will work in my zone. I do have Bee Balm, which do nicely late Spring through Early Summer, but I would like to maintain a continuous supply of nectar sources besides the Feeders.

 

[Natalie]

The Anna's Hummingbirds in my yard are strongly attracted to Lily of the Nile and Cape Fuchsia. In southern Africa, where these plants are native, they are pollinated by sunbirds, which have a similar ecological role to the hummers in the New World.

I'm not sure how well Cape Fuchsia will adapt to the humid South Carolinian climate, but I know I have seen Lily of the Nile growing well in southern Louisiana on multiple occasions.

 

[CreekTreeUSA]

One of the best plants here in Texas is the trumpet vine. We had a bright orange Madame Galen that the hummingbirds loved.

 

[gardenbirder]

I have done a bit of searching on the internet and have found this site :-
http://landscaping.about.com/cs/forthebirds/a/hummingbirds.htm

It gives you advice and information on cerain plants that will help to attract humming birds to your garden.

I must say you are very lucky to have humming birds. The only thing close in the UK is the Humming Bird Moth.

 

[kiwicraig7]

Great article, I'm having trouble attracting hummingbirds to my back yard. I will definitely try some of the tips offered up. Whether they will work in my zone I'm not sure but it's worth a try. I love watching hummingbirds I just find them mesmerizing in their own little way.