Salvia BODACIOUS Hummingbird Falls...you have it last year?
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Comments (37)I grew this salvia in 2007 and it was beautiful. Last year I was in the mist of moving but kept seeds from the plants. I was in a urban area that hadn't seen hummingbirds in a long time and in 2007 they stopped by my home on migration for the fall to spend time with the salvia. It was so cool. This year I have started them from seed and will be very proud to grow them for Yvonne's memory. I am so sorry for the lose. I am sure she is happily watching us all grow them this year and for many years to follow. I can't wait for the hummingbirds to visit my home this year and the salvia. I know they are (hummers) are here from last late summer and fall when I moved in they will love Yvonne's salvia....See MoreHummingbirds nectering differently this year?
Comments (4)i am on this forum trying to answer this very question, I have evergreen bushes in front of my house and lots of butterfly bushes in the back, this year the hummers are ignoring the butterfly bushes and choosing to search the tip of the evergreens out front....I am totally baffled by this behavior, the only thing i can figure is maybe they are searching for insects.....I have never seen such a thing, they are out there everyday since they have arrived....weird.....See MoreA GREAT Hummingbird Year
Comments (14)I don't know that we have as many ants as past years, and I like 'em in general because they are great scavengers--you know, they carry away a lot of carcasses of dead insects. The ones we do have, though, really go after the hummingbird nectar if they get a chance. I think hummingbird feeders are like fast food for bees--they COULD go and get nectar from plants in the normal way, but why bother if that fast food restaurant is right there and convenient. LOL We do not have a shortage of bees here--always got lots and lots. A farmer friend of ours who lives maybe a little over a mile from us says he never has bees any more, and I don't know what to tell him. (Well, he sprays pesticides and he KNOWS they kill the bees, and he tries to spray when bees are not active, but I think his pesticide use probably is the problem.) At our house we have bees 12 months out of the year. In the winter months where their food supply varies from being extremely limited to non-existent, they come to the bird feeders, the hen scratch and the deer corn. I would say that, in light of the bee Colony Collapse Disease issues facing many, it is WONDERFUL that you have a lot of bees. Maybe all of us in rural areas can at least nurture and keep the bees we have even though the professional beekeepers are stuggling with CCD. Dawn...See MoreHAVE: Salvia seeds for Salvia seeds
Comments (5)Ninamora - I could collect some salvia darcyi seeds for you later this summer or possibly send you a plant. I planted one last spring that made it through the winter here and appears to have even made it through the late freeze that we had - still keeping my fingers crossed just in case. I collected a few seeds last year that I winter sowed and now have five seedlings. I am interested in salvias that might winter over in zone 6 or at least 7, especially hummingbird magnets. Please email me or post here. (I've heard a couple times lately that Gardenweb's email system isn't working very well)....See More
rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
9 months agolast modified: 9 months agoHey @Edie, I can update this thread a bit. It has grown quite vigorously since I potted it up back in later May. It is hard to see but it will be loaded with OPEN flowers in the next week or so. There are lots on it now but they haven't opened up and so are quite dark.
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