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How To Attract Hummingbirds

June 1, 2014 / News and Notes, Summer / Wagners Greenhouse

Learn how to attract hummingbirds to your outdoor space.

Hummingbirds – they are so amazing and a wonder to watch. Their wings beat up to 50 times a second and they take 150 breaths a minute. Don’t try to match that! Their eggs are about the size of a jellybean and they use moss to make their nests. You may notice they can fly backwards too.

Plants that will help attract hummingbirds:

  • Hummingbirds eat from flowers with long trumpet openings.Blue delphinium and trumpet vine give them a source of nectar. You’ll need a good trellis for the trumpet vine!
  • Old-fashioned Bee Balm (monarda) is recommended too.
  • Here’s a surprise! Mix black and red petunia in a hanging basket and that will be a showstopper, as well as attract the little beauties.
  • Purple salvia is a favorite and so are coral bells.
  • For a shrub, chose viburnum for spring flowers, colorful fall foliage and berries.

Helpful feeder hints:

  • Keep your sugar-water full.
  • Offer more than one feeder. (Some male birds will “hog” a feeder).
  • Keep those feeders clean!

Just,

Nola

P.S. Don’t forget Dad on June 15th!

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