Re: hummingbirds
- Subject: Re: hummingbirds
- From: N* L*
- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 22:05:18 -0500
Cherryl wrote:
>>I've found the all time favorite hummer plants to be the Coral Honeysuckle
>(native in the south east), Lady in Red Salvia, Mexican Sage Salvia (
>Salvia
>Leucantha), Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans), Blue sage (Salvia
>guaranitica),
>Cypress Vine (Lonicera Quamoclit, native in the south east), Small Red
>Morning Glory (in the Lonicera Family, native in the south, commonly found
>growing in soy bean fields), Trumpet Creeper ( Campsis radicans, can be
>invasive in certain areas), Cardinal Flower (Lobelia Cardinalis), Shrimp
>Plant (Justicia brandegeana), Cigar plant (Cuphea ignea and other species),
>Manettia (Manettia cordifolia or Candy Corn and other species), Jewelweed
>(Impatient capensis), Nicotiana, Indian Pink (Spigelia Marilandica) and
>Abutilon ( non hybridized species)...
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Wow, Cherryl, thanks! I do have pineapple sage, although it always seems to
bloom so late here, the hummingbirds may be gone by then. And I have
nicotiana sylvestris, but they haven't shown any interest in it (actually, I
was disappointed in it, too, wasn't fragrant at advertised). How do you
check plants at the nursery for nectar? That's a new one to me.
Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7
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