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Re: Gardening for butterflies and hummingbirds

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Byron Holston

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Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:47:01 EDT

 
If you can find a copy of the June issure of 'Birds & Blooms', the  cover 
story is '30 Flowers to Attract Hummingbirds'!
 
We have some salvia and fuschia plants in our gardens and the humingbirds  
seem to come by on a regular basis.  We also have some feeders up.   They spend 
more time on the feeders than the flowers, but they do visit the  salvia 
plants regularly.  
 
We get very few butterflies but the ones that come in, seem to land on the  
coneflowers the most.
 
Byron
Germantown, MD
 
In a message dated 6/20/2006 10:08:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
 writes:

I live  in the Conowingo area of Md. and am re-hauling my garden.  The area 
I  want to plant is mostly part-sun, with some shady areas.  I am  
interested in planting for butterflies and hummingbirds, and need some  
suggestions. Please help! Also, I am having a difficult time trying to  
find native plants, and plants in general to attract these jewels of  
nature.   Anyone know of any nurseries, particularly in my area,  that 
specializes in these types of plants, please let me know.   Thanks