CLOSED: Trading to build a hummingbird garden

Hi everyone,

DH surprised me with a cedar potting bench this weekend...(on sale, but still!) and I really would like to plant a hummer garden for him this spring. He's been very hepful with all the lifting, and shoveling and clearing - you know, the icky stuff.

I'm new, so I don't have a lot of exotic stuff - but I do have a respectable list of herbs, veggies and flowers from trading (and buying - too much per DH).

So if you have seeds of any of the following, please D-mail me and I'll send my seed list to you. I don't need a lot of seeds, just a few plants to spread out in the area he's cleared for me. Alternatively, if you know a really cheap place I can order any of these seeds, please don't hesitate to send that info as well.

• Campsis radicans (Trumpet creeper)
• Monarda didyma (Bee balm)
• Lonicera sempervirens (Trumpet honeysuckle)
• Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower)
• Impatiens capensis (Spotted jewelweed)
• Aquilegia canadensis (Red columbine)
• Lilium canadense (Canada lily)
• Spigelia marilandica (Indian pink)
• Aesculus pavia (Red buckeye)
• Rhododendron catawbiense (Rosebay rhododendron)
• Cuphea cyanea (Pink Cigar plant)
• Cuphea llavea (Batface cuphea)


Thanks for looking!

~Sunny (nice signature made for me by Terri from Yorkshire)

Sunny, trumpet creeper grows everywhere around here - I'm sure I could find some seeds for you if no one else has them handy. Let me know, Michelle

I also have the trumpet creeper in my yard, but the pods will take quite a while to ripen.
I have a few berries on my trumpet honeysuckle, the yellow one, is it John Clayton, I think. They also will need more time to ripen. The hummers love them. They go from bottom to top and back again on them. I also have a orange trumpet honeysuckle, but have not checked the vine for any berries.
Do you know they love obedient plant, very invasive, but I keep it for the hummers,
They even enjoy the morning glories early in the morning when they are still open.
I have a heavenly blue climbing my tree and they practically live in it.
They also like the humble balsamina impatience, I have some of those seeds,another one that self-seeds rather well.

Hi Windy,

Thanks for all the info. I'll drop you a Dmail!

~Sunny

not on your list, but I have butterfly bush seeds and butterfly flower seeds if you are interested, my hummers LOVE both of these

Hi Sunny
I have some 2005 spotted jewelweed seeds.( Jewell weed is really good for poison ivy.) My jewell weed this year hasn't made seeds yet. I also have Batface cuphea but it hasn't made seeds yet either. Pauletta

Hi Sunny, I have Bee Balm and it is large and beautiful as you can see in the pictures posted. I haven't as of yet cleaned any for the seeds, but if you are interested you can dmail me. I also have cypress vine seeds for hummers if you are interested.
Happy gardening and good luck bringing it all together,
Bev

Krista and lily, I'll drop you a dmail with my seed list either later tonight or tomorrow morning, thank you both!

~Sunny

Oh my goodness Bev, that's some gorgeous Bee Balm!! I will Dmail you as well. Thank you.

~Sunny

Pauletta, how do you apply the jewelweed for posion ivy?

donlaclair
I squish the leaves up till they are kind of wet and I rub the liquid on my poison ivy. It helps me better than anything that I have tried. It's not sticky or smelly at all. Pauletta

Hineni,
You may also want to look for Obedient Plant and any wave petunias but it seems that they like the blue ones better. I have the hummers come up to these plants, close enough where I can almost touch them
Marty

Thank you so much for the suggestions and info everyone. I'm sorry I'm a little delayed in responding - I'm working 12-14 hours a day lately and I'm just dog tired. But I'll get to you, I promise!

Thanks for all the help!

~Sunny

I'll have some seed for the Lobelia cardinalis later on (if I can catch it before it pops). Dmail me if you want me to send you some seed.

I have some trumpet creeper and some petunia seeds. I also have butterfly bush and columbine, but one columbine is double pink and the other is blue. Be glad to send some for an SASBE if you're interested.

Thank you so much to everyone who responded! I'm going to close the thread because I'm afraid my little seed list won't support any more trades right now...LOL!

I think I've dmailed everyone - if I forgot, please remind me. I'm brain dead this week from work.

I appreciate all the tips....obedient plant...wonder if I can cross that seed with my kids? (grin)

~ Sunny