Humming Bird Gardens

Create your Own
Hummingbird Garden

Offering a humming bird feeder filled with nectar is the quickest and simplest way to attract hummingbirds to your garden. However, planting nectar bearing flowers, that attract hummingbirds is the best long term approach to keeping them around.

Flowers that depend on the hummingbird for pollination, do all they can to please and attract Hummingbirds. Their blossoms project into the open where the birds will not get caught in the foliage. Their trumpet shapes accommodate their long bills, and discourage other insects. Since humming birds have no ability to smell, the flowers do not need to be scented. Red, tube like flowers are your best choice to attract Hummingbirds.

Talk to the experts at your local garden center to select plants that grow best in your area. Your first choice should be flowers and plants that grow naturally in your region. Select flowers that bloom at different times of the year. You don't want your garden to bloom all at once.

Try NOT to use pesticides in your humming bird garden. Hummingbirds will enjoy eating the spiders, aphids and gnats as an added source of protein.

Create both sun and shade areas in your humming bird garden. A good hummingbird garden has more than just hummingbird flowers. It is a whole habitat. Sun and shade should be created by trees and open areas. Your hummingbird flowers will need sun to grow and your hummingbirds will need the shade to perch in between feedings.

Don't forget the importance of plants that provide nesting materials. Hummingbirds like downy like materials for their nests, using these fibers with bits of leaves, spider webs, moss, and lichens to construct their nests. Willow trees and eucalyptus trees are invaluable for providing downy like materials.

Hummingbirds love to bathe on misted leaves. A backyard birdbath with a mist or a mister aimed at broad leaves is sure to invite them to your backyard!

Most importantly - position your hummingbird garden where you can see it and get the most enjoyment out of it.

The Best Regional Flower Choices
for Hummingbird Gardens

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