Around my natural pond I have bee balm in several colors and the hummers are all over it. Same with lobelias. The hummers arrive when the bog irises start blooming and stay to frost. Jewel weed is a favorite but it throws it seed everywhere. At least the extras pull out easy or are controled easily with a lawn mower. Never tried a floating island so I don't know how they'd do on one. Impatients take a lot of sun when they are consistently wet. My pond is spring fed and tends to be a little cold for them.

Hey Vickie!! well.. I wandered around my flower beds and found some of them can divided to plant in the bed. So.. I did! I planted French Tarragon, and two hardy perennial salvia (unknown name??). Now it is looks nice then.. Yeah.. I liked to grow many red flowers this year. I grow red vincia, red zinnias, and red rose. I tried grow new zinnias calls "WOWIE". It is soo pretty colors! I loved it.. Thank you, Kat

I wouldn't cut down a tree to grow flowers; you just need to find out what kind of flowering plants do well in your environment. You can check with garden clubs or with the county agricultural extension office in your county to see what plants thrive in your area. The ones I can think of that grow in acid soil in shady conditions are azaleas & camillias. If you post an ad on craigslist or freecycle, "free pine needles, rake your own", I bet you'll get a lot of fresponses from eager gardeners!

Guessing Dendrobium. Much of the plant is in shadow, so it's hard to tell which genus.