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April 18, 2018 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
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Show your butterfly and hummingbird gardens/plants
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 |
April 18, 2018 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
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Porter Weed, Pineapple Sage, Shrimp Plant
Both hummers and butterflies like the porter weed.
Donna |
April 18, 2018 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
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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 |
April 19, 2018 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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I'm enjoying these photos. My Mexican Petunia is pretty, but invasive. Hard to keep up with it.
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April 19, 2018 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b)
Posts: 1,337
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The hummingbird loved this plant last summer.
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April 19, 2018 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
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Great orchids tucked in there, SpookyShoe ! Are they Phaius hybrids?
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April 19, 2018 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Vancouver Island Canada BC
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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 Wild Currant |
April 19, 2018 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
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Mexican petunia
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April 19, 2018 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
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Orchids
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April 19, 2018 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
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Roper2008, is that firecracker?
D. |
April 19, 2018 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: El Lago, Texas
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GrowingCoastal wins the prize for best photography.
D. |
April 19, 2018 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California Central Valley
Posts: 2,543
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I've seen hummingbirds defending their territory in my patches of hummingbird sage.
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April 19, 2018 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California Central Valley
Posts: 2,543
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They also like native currants. (This one is at a botanic garden.)
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April 19, 2018 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: WI, USA Zone4
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April 19, 2018 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b)
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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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