Re: hummingbirds
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: hummingbirds
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:45:27 -0400
In a message dated 96-04-09 11:28:45 EDT, you write:
> My wife keeps hummingbird
>feeders in the garden and they are usually visiting. In addition to bee
They are really fond of Kniphofia "Red hot pokers" and Crocosmia ; Lucifer
is a good one. I can stand beside the bee balm and the hummers will try to
drive you away or on the rare occasion land on you. Also I grow a flowering
Tobacco called NICKY RED that they visit frequently. As for My iris ive seen
a few attempts to feed but there must not be much of a meal there for them.
I think maybe the bearded iris are well protected , the way the standards
and falls are aranged, Poor bees. The sugar water in the humming bird
feeders should be changed often. I have noticed a decline in Humming birds
over the last few years. It may be that so many people are feeding them. I
am not sure but we may be spoiling them to DEATH.
Lonnie Strouth zone 7 southwest Virginia
Dogwoods yep, lilacs, yep, bloomstalks, yep, sweet williams, yep,
bleeding hearts, yep, trilliums,yep, bloodroot, come and gone, lilly of
the valley, wont be long. Me thinks its SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!
