Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Butterfly and Hummingbird Gardens, 1 by Meredith79

Meredith79 wrote:
Here's a picture that shows some of the blooms now - in my main bf / hb garden. That's the same Frit as in the previous picture. It's easy to tell when the same bf returns more than one day, at least when they are as battered as this guy. He's been here every day since the 11th : )
The red monarda are guarded by the resident hummingbird. Just this evening I watched him do one of those dive bomb performances over the garden. Lol they are so funny to watch when they do that. I have no idea who or what he was trying to scare off!
It seems the fritillaries like these purple beebalm in the picture more than other bf's. Last year they were a buzz with tons of bf's every sunny day, but not this year so far. Butterfly visits to the garden are not as often as I'd like, especially when I see them flying through the yard every day and not stopping in! Their nerve - lol!


This message was edited Jul 14, 2008 11:29 PM