Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 37, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
I was watering out front yesterday and the Zebra Longwing made it's usual stop at the porterweed. The silver thing behind it is my car. I park right in front of the house so I get to see all the action as I pull in. I also saw a mud dauber on the porterweed so many bugs apparently find it yummy. I'm home sick this morning so I sat in Mom's office to stake out the porterweed. Sure enough, I saw the hummingbird!! It's super fast and super small and is dark brown with a ruby throat. I also saw a little white around the red part. He came to the purple porterweed for just a second but I definitely saw that it was a hummingbird. So to all the hummingbord enthusiasts, I say add some porterweed to your yard. I don't even try to attract the birds and I got one.