Hummingbirds/What's in bloom now?
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- Subject: Hummingbirds/What's in bloom now?
- From: l*@teamzeon.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 09:57:44 -0400
Valerie Lowery@ZEON
08/16/99 09:57 AM
I've got my first hummingbirds for this year flitting about now. They are
in my neck of the woods for a while before going to warmer locales. I find
myself wishing that I had something really attractive for these birds
because I want more of them. Right now I've seen only two. Here's what
they like so far:
boltonia (just starting to bloom)
phlox
lythrum
cannas
shrimp plant (a tropical that goes inside come winter)
nicotania (the annual form)
If they like anything else that's blooming now, I haven't noticed. They
are making several runs to my feeder, but I'm surprised that they leave
that big hot pink crepe myrtle alone. Guess there's nothing there worth
having.
What else in the perennial family will attract them this time of year?
Val in KY
zone 6a
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