Here is a picture of my coral honeysuckle. I planted it last year and boy is it getting a work out from the hummingbirds. I love seeing the plants that I have bought for the hummingbirds being used.
Coral Honeysuckle
Thats great Mimidi!
Mimidi - Lovely idea on the trellis. I, too, have coral honeysuckle along my fence and I like the fact that it isn't as quick growing as the Passion vine and Mexican Flame vine. :-) Your garden looks lovely and I love all the land in the background. Living in a neighborhood makes you yearn for wide open spaces! :-)
Ok,, am going to look for coral honeysuckle. Now that makes me wonder. How about regular honeysuckle.. do they like that too I wonder.?? I just spent 3 hours yesterday pulling it out of my azaleas.
Elaine
Isn't Lizella outside Macon?
I think the honeysuckle you are takling about is the invasive Japanese honeysuckle. I got the coral as well as gold fame and Alabama crimson from Mail Order Natives. They have a great website.
I need to come up with a better trellis for this vine.
will check the site. yes,, it is the really invasive kind. Sure smells good,,,, as long as it across the road.
Mimi, I think that it is really great to feed the hummers 'natural foods.' In my garden, the hummingbirds are hooked on the two feeders and only have the nectar sources as 'appetitizers.'
Thanks for sharing,
Chuck
I do everything I can to entice them to my yard. I have lots of competition. Japanese honeysuckle, little red morning glory, cypress vine, and mimosa. I live in a rural area so there is plenty of food supplied by mother nature.
I had crocosmia last year and boy was that a hit.
Mine love that cypress vine too. will have morning glories this year. Now,, have to check that crocosmia
Elaine
Elaine - LOL! You and I are on the same wave length here with new plants. I, too, am trying Morning Glories for the first time this year. And also Crocosmia. And I did start some Cypress Vine in a container, but they weren't getting enough light, so they didn't survive. Though I may try them again but in a sunnier location. I just don't want them spreading all over my yard. But I hear the hummers love them!
Do Dahlia blooms attract hummers? Anyone know? I have the most gorgeous deep red blooms on my first attempt to grow one.
I redid a bed that had had crocosima in it. Took "everything" out, added mulch, retilled, replanted. The next season I had oodles and oodles of crocosima. The tiny bublets are coming up in thick patches everwhere there were parent plants. Since the hummingbirds do love their blossoms, I'm trying to not use plants that clash with the bold color of Lucifer nearby. So much easier to work with the garden than against it. Of course, that means moving more plants....