Show your butterfly and hummingbird gardens/plants
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I lost a lot of tropicals this past winter due to 2 occasions of abnormally cold weather, so I'm behind in my ability to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Here's a cuphea for the hummers.
Donna, Texas Gulf Coast, Zone 9 |
Porter Weed, Pineapple Sage, Shrimp Plant
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Both hummers and butterflies like the porter weed.
Donna |
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Pentas, Blue Spires Salvia, the first Canna to bloom. Behind the Salvia is a bunch of Ruellia (Mexican Petunia) that will bloom later.
Donna, Texas Gulf Coast, Zone 9 |
I'm enjoying these photos. My Mexican Petunia is pretty, but invasive. Hard to keep up with it.
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The hummingbird loved this plant last summer.[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180419/f6b391bc5747131c58437611e7d51e3a.jpg[/IMG]
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Great orchids tucked in there, SpookyShoe ! Are they [I]Phaius[/I] hybrids?
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Of the plants I see above I have the 1st cuphea and winter them over in the garage. They are only now starting to grow and I'm repotting the 5 large I have.
Also got the blue spires that grow so tall, a safety feature re: cats. Below are a couple of perennial shrubs I planted for hummingbirds. This is a young Anna's feeding on them, the first of the year. The juveniles take a while to become shy. Winter Daphne [img]https://i.imgur.com/G8cyTXp.jpg[/img] Wild Currant [img]https://i.imgur.com/vMcN8aR.jpg[/img] |
Mexican petunia
[QUOTE=ginger2778;695983]I'm enjoying these photos. My Mexican Petunia is pretty, but invasive. Hard to keep up with it.[/QUOTE]
VERY invasive. Donna |
Orchids
[QUOTE=PhilaGardener;695992]Great orchids tucked in there, SpookyShoe ! Are they [I]Phaius[/I] hybrids?[/QUOTE]
Nun's orchid. I have 4 large pots. I had to bring them in the garage twice last winter and even then I was afraid they wouldn't make it. But they did. Donna, Texas zone 9 |
Roper2008, is that firecracker?
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GrowingCoastal wins the prize for best photography.
D. |
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I've seen hummingbirds defending their territory in my patches of hummingbird sage.
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They also like native currants. (This one is at a botanic garden.)
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[QUOTE=GrowingCoastal;696060]Below are a couple of perennial shrubs I planted for hummingbirds. This is a young Anna's feeding on them, the first of the year. The juveniles take a while to become shy.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=SpookyShoe;696064]Roper2008, is that firecracker?
D.[/QUOTE] Yes, not a good picture. I brought the whole plant into my sunroom for this year. Looks like you have David Verity. My favorite hummer plant. Love the pictures. I would love to be able to take photo's like that. It would for sure be my wallpaper on my computer. |
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