Show your butterfly and hummingbird gardens/plants

[SpookyShoe]

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

[SpookyShoe]

Both hummers and butterflies like the porter weed.

Donna

[SpookyShoe]

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

[ginger2778]

I'm enjoying these photos. My Mexican Petunia is pretty, but invasive. Hard to keep up with it.

[roper2008]

The hummingbird loved this plant last summer.

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[PhilaGardener]

Great orchids tucked in there, SpookyShoe ! Are they Phaius hybrids?

[GrowingCoastal]

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


Wild Currant

[SpookyShoe]

Originally Posted by ginger2778

I'm enjoying these photos. My Mexican Petunia is pretty, but invasive. Hard to keep up with it.

VERY invasive.

Donna

[SpookyShoe]

Originally Posted by PhilaGardener

Great orchids tucked in there, SpookyShoe ! Are they Phaius hybrids?

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

[SpookyShoe]

Roper2008, is that firecracker?

D.

[SpookyShoe]

GrowingCoastal wins the prize for best photography.

D.

[habitat_gardener]

I've seen hummingbirds defending their territory in my patches of hummingbird sage.

[habitat_gardener]

They also like native currants. (This one is at a botanic garden.)

[dustdevil]

Originally Posted by GrowingCoastal

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.

Nice photos!

[roper2008]

Originally Posted by SpookyShoe

Roper2008, is that firecracker?

D.

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.