Comments on: Nectar Plants for the Hummingbirds to Enjoy http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/ Helping you take joy in creating and maintaining the garden of your dreams... in the Pacific Northwest Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth Swanon http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-8979 Elizabeth Swanon Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:52:41 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-8979 Am anticipating establishing a hummingbird garden in Portland,Oregon, area and woiuld apprciate any hints. One year I had quite a flock of hummers covering a Japanese quiince shrub. It is nice to read of so many people who are also enthusiastic about hummers. Am anticipating establishing a hummingbird garden in Portland,Oregon, area and woiuld
apprciate any hints. One year I had quite a flock of hummers covering a Japanese quiince
shrub. It is nice to read of so many people who are also enthusiastic about hummers.

]]> By: Gardening Green http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-5047 Gardening Green Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:43:42 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-5047 Humming birds are amazing creatures. I planted a pair of chitalpa (misspelled?) trees that give beautiful flowers. Little did I know they attract hummingbirds. While inspecting the trees I have had the pleasure of having a couple hummingbirds buzz right over the top of me. Never had seen some that close. Very cool birds! Thanks for the tips on adding more hummingbird attractors to my garden! Humming birds are amazing creatures. I planted a pair of chitalpa (misspelled?) trees that give beautiful flowers. Little did I know they attract hummingbirds. While inspecting the trees I have had the pleasure of having a couple hummingbirds buzz right over the top of me. Never had seen some that close. Very cool birds! Thanks for the tips on adding more hummingbird attractors to my garden!
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]]> By: Smaller Plants to Attract Birds – a Few Favorites | North Coast Gardening http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-1718 Smaller Plants to Attract Birds – a Few Favorites | North Coast Gardening Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:24:31 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-1718 [...] I hope this gives you some inspiration for your own bird garden. Stay tuned for the next installment – the best nectar plants for hummingbirds! [...] [...] I hope this gives you some inspiration for your own bird garden. Stay tuned for the next installment – the best nectar plants for hummingbirds! [...]

]]> By: Exciting Foliage Combinations for a Windy Seaside Garden | Genevieve Schmidt Landscape Design and Fine Maintenance http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-1341 Exciting Foliage Combinations for a Windy Seaside Garden | Genevieve Schmidt Landscape Design and Fine Maintenance Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:07:59 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-1341 [...] very sturdy Fuchsia attracts hummingbirds to its plentiful tiny [...] [...] very sturdy Fuchsia attracts hummingbirds to its plentiful tiny [...]

]]> By: Cyd http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-703 Cyd Sun, 03 May 2009 12:49:57 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-703 Hummingbirds are the best little friends you can have in your garden, they are amusing and they pollinate. I plant bee balm ,canna lillies and larkspur for them. To help me they will get nectar from my tomato flowers. Thank you for the info on ants in the feeder. I will be more vigilant. Hummingbirds are the best little friends you can have in your garden, they are amusing and they pollinate. I plant bee balm ,canna lillies and larkspur for them. To help me they will get nectar from my tomato flowers. Thank you for the info on ants in the feeder. I will be more vigilant.

]]> By: Lindsay http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-277 Lindsay Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:00:12 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-277 Nice run down! Along with some other goodies, I planted 5 flowering currant bushes and 3 trees on Friday. I thought I was buying two plants, heh. I need to be better about reading the stickers (or at least counting how many sticks are poking out of the top of the bag!). Last month, I got 15 raspberry bushes instead of 3, lol. Anyway, let the hummingbirds come. :) <abbr><em>Lindsay’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.writingforyourwealth.com/web-traffic-basics/how-to-drive-traffic-to-your-site-by-posting-in-forums/" rel="nofollow">How to Drive Traffic to Your Site by Posting in Forums</a></abbr></em> Nice run down!

Along with some other goodies, I planted 5 flowering currant bushes and 3 trees on Friday. I thought I was buying two plants, heh. I need to be better about reading the stickers (or at least counting how many sticks are poking out of the top of the bag!). Last month, I got 15 raspberry bushes instead of 3, lol. Anyway, let the hummingbirds come. :)

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]]> By: Monica http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-275 Monica Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:33:20 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-275 I also like hummingbird and cardinal creeper vines (annuals) for hummingbirds, plus a few other annuals that my brain is not cooperating in remembering. <abbr><em>Monica’s last blog post..<a href="http://gardenfaerie.blogspot.com/2009/02/gbbd-at-last.html" rel="nofollow">GBBD - At last!</a></abbr></em> I also like hummingbird and cardinal creeper vines (annuals) for hummingbirds, plus a few other annuals that my brain is not cooperating in remembering.

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]]> By: Renate http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-268 Renate Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:13:42 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-268 Love the photos! How did you get it to sit still? Great plants, too! I tend to just stick with the plants. Seems like the hummers always find something. And with those plants you show, who needs a feeder? <abbr><em>Renate’s last blog post..<a href="http://tmousecmouse.blogspot.com/2009/03/great-front-garden-remodel-before.html" rel="nofollow">The Great Front Garden Remodel: Before</a></abbr></em> Love the photos! How did you get it to sit still? Great plants, too! I tend to just stick with the plants. Seems like the hummers always find something. And with those plants you show, who needs a feeder?

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]]> By: Genevieve http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-267 Genevieve Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:07:48 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-267 Wow, Iona - the same variety, Dark Star, is getting chowed down on? That's a serious bummer. You might try fencing them off (just a small fence of deer-netting and stakes in the ground) the first few years until they get some size behind them - but - maybe it's not worth it, if you have other successful shrubs that they aren't eating. I'm so with you, Fern - hummingbirds are so magical for me. They are a good portion of the reason I became a landscaper - when thinking about what I wanted to do with my life - landscaping, journalism/ writing, or a number of other things - I met a hummingbird up-close and wonderful and he hung out with me for twenty minutes acting curious. It made me realize I could be outdoors having experiences like that every day, and I never looked back from my career choice. Sunita, your sunbirds are lovely, but I'd be mourning my lack of hummers too! You do get some awe-inspiring butterflies, though! I've never seen anything like your blue one. Ann, I pulled a bit of a fake-out with that big salvia - it's still dormant now, actually - those are early June photos! How funny that it's hard to find there as an annual! I divide a few giant plants of it every year and end up taking truckloads of starts to the green waste dump! I only wish it would ship well to you. Hi Frances! I'd get one of those ant guards, personally. From what I've read, hummingbirds really don't like icky/ fermented sugar solution, and I bet ants introduce all kinds of fungus and bacteria into your feeder, since they walk everywhere. Being a coastal gardener definitely has its perks! I was happy to see that catmint under a layer of snow on Monica the Garden Faerie's blog recently, on the post about gardening with kitties. Nice to know how sturdy it is! Wow, Iona – the same variety, Dark Star, is getting chowed down on? That’s a serious bummer. You might try fencing them off (just a small fence of deer-netting and stakes in the ground) the first few years until they get some size behind them – but – maybe it’s not worth it, if you have other successful shrubs that they aren’t eating.

I’m so with you, Fern – hummingbirds are so magical for me. They are a good portion of the reason I became a landscaper – when thinking about what I wanted to do with my life – landscaping, journalism/ writing, or a number of other things – I met a hummingbird up-close and wonderful and he hung out with me for twenty minutes acting curious. It made me realize I could be outdoors having experiences like that every day, and I never looked back from my career choice.

Sunita, your sunbirds are lovely, but I’d be mourning my lack of hummers too! You do get some awe-inspiring butterflies, though! I’ve never seen anything like your blue one.

Ann, I pulled a bit of a fake-out with that big salvia – it’s still dormant now, actually – those are early June photos! How funny that it’s hard to find there as an annual! I divide a few giant plants of it every year and end up taking truckloads of starts to the green waste dump! I only wish it would ship well to you.

Hi Frances! I’d get one of those ant guards, personally. From what I’ve read, hummingbirds really don’t like icky/ fermented sugar solution, and I bet ants introduce all kinds of fungus and bacteria into your feeder, since they walk everywhere.

Being a coastal gardener definitely has its perks! I was happy to see that catmint under a layer of snow on Monica the Garden Faerie’s blog recently, on the post about gardening with kitties. Nice to know how sturdy it is!

]]> By: Frances http://www.northcoastgardening.com/2009/03/attract-hummingbirds/#comment-266 Frances Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:25:35 +0000 http://www.northcoastgardening.com/?p=736#comment-266 Hi Genevieve, how amazing to have hummingbirds there all year. The plants you show are all beautiful, but only a couple will winter over here, the catnip being a big favorite. What do you think about the ants getting into the feeders? Ignore them, or get one of the guards offered in the catalogs? Frances <abbr><em>Frances’s last blog post..<a href="http://fairegarden.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/faces-redux/" rel="nofollow">Faces Redux</a></abbr></em> Hi Genevieve, how amazing to have hummingbirds there all year. The plants you show are all beautiful, but only a couple will winter over here, the catnip being a big favorite. What do you think about the ants getting into the feeders? Ignore them, or get one of the guards offered in the catalogs?
Frances

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