Re: hummingbirds

I have bee balm and usually plant zinnias so I'll have to be more observant
to see if there are things they like that I just haven't noticed.  
Bonnie ETN Zone 7


> [Original Message]
> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/9/2006 12:47:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] hummingbirds
>
> They love all my salvias and will work those purple zinnias to death! 
Also
> the lavender when it's in bloom, they're all over that.  Caryopteris too.
>
> On 3/9/06, Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here they love the Salvia guarnitica.  They are just the coolest little
> > birds.  My neighbor has dozens of feeders in her yard, and the hummers
> > will
> > let her know if she's not filling them fast enough.
> > zem
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:19 AM
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] hummingbirds
> >
> >
> > > Beard Tongue seems to be the big draw in my yard, though we have most
of
> > > the
> > > plants they recommended on the site.  We had to move the Penstemon
> > (Beard
> > > Tongue) away from the garage door because we kept getting hummers
> > trapped
> > > in
> > > the garage!  (They would fly up to the top to look for a way out and
our
> > > garage ceiling is 14' off the ground.  Then they couldn't find the
door
> > > wide
> > > open many feet below.  I would have to get a feeder and hang it on a
> > door
> > > handle or something so they would find the way out.) I saw them a
couple
> > > of
> > > times in the Echinacea, but not in the sage or on our butterfly
bushes.
> > >
> > > Blessings,
> > > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > > Behalf
> > > Of Bonnie Holmes
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:22 PM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: RE: [CHAT] hummingbirds
> > >
> > > Thanks so much for the information on hummers.  My sister has a
> > "painting
> > > room" with windows all around...hummers frequent a feeder and plants
on
> > > one
> > > side and she loves them.  I sent her all info, including the site,
which
> > I
> > > also found very interesting.  I have many of the plants listed as good
> > for
> > > hummers but have usually seen them (green) on the sage and butterfly
> > bush.
> > > Bonnie ETN Zone 7
> > >
> > >
> > >> [Original Message]
> > >> From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
> > >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > >> Date: 3/7/2006 9:06:22 AM
> > >> Subject: RE: [CHAT] hummingbirds
> > >>
> > >> I imagine they did have to do scientific verification of the already
> > >> established anecdotal observations of hummingbird memory.  I've
always
> > > heard
> > >> that hummers knew exactly what was where and when it would be there
to
> > >> the extent that if a feeder was late being filled, they would alert
> > >> the human
> > > to
> > >> fill it.  LOL!!!
> > >>
> > >> Blessings,
> > >> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > > Behalf
> > >> Of Donna
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:58 AM
> > >> To: gardenchat list
> > >> Subject: [CHAT] hummingbirds
> > >>
> > >> Did everyone see the article on hummingbirds?
> > >>
> > >> http://snipurl.com/n9fy
> > >>
> > >> Donna
> > >>
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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