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If you are using a window feeder you can mount some kind of simple hook to your window or to the side of your house to hang a basket of flowers next to your feeder. My other favorite way to help attract Hummingbirds to my feeder is to place some pots, or other container filled with Humming bird flowers, on the ground close to the feeder. A container filled with taller growing Hummingbird flowers will work well here. My favorite Humming bird flower to use is red salvia. You can get varieties of salvia that grow up to 3 feet tall.
video-how to plant a pot of hummingbird annuals video-different ways to attract hummingbirdsAttracting Hummingbird by Planting A Hummingbird GardenIf you have more space and are willing to spend more time, you might want to plant a small flowering Hummingbird garden to help attract them into your yard. In your garden you will want plants that will be blooming continually throughout the season while the Hummingbirds are present in your area. You can make a visit to your local nursery to get suggestions on which Humming bird plants are best suited for your particular area and climate. In my garden I have used a combination of annuals, perennials, shrubs and vines, to provide continuous blooms from the Spring through Fall. To provide blooms in the Spring, my favorite choice is a red Weigela bush. The Weigelas bloom early and are loaded with lots of color. Here in my garden in northwestern Ohio, the Hummingbirds usually arrive in the Spring just about the time the Weigelas are about to start blooming (usually around the first part of May). Sometimes they might arrive a few days earlier, so I start hanging my feeders in the yard towards the end of April......to be sure to catch those early arrivals. Another early blooming favorite of Humming birds that I use in my backyard are Trumpet honeysuckle vines (Lonicera sempervirens). They will bloom from May to August and have orange or red flowers. If you have a fence or trellis to grow one on, these Hummingbird vines will make an excellent addition to any Hummingbird garden. The Weigelas will only bloom for maybe a couple of weeks, so the Honeysuckle vines will provide blooms for the Hummingbirds to feed on well into the Summer. A favorite perennial of mine to use is Beebalm (Monarda didyma). The Beebatm with its scarlet flowers, will start blooming in June and continue to bloom through August. The final touch to complete my Hummingbird garden and make it totally irresistible to Hummingbirds is to plant some red Salvia (Salvia splendens). In cooler climates such as mine, Salvia are planted as annuals and are replanted each Spring when the danger of frost has passed. Once they are planted and get to growing well, the Salvia will provide plenty of red blooms to attract Hummingbirds and they will provide nectar for the Hummingbirds from Spring right up until frost. So here's what we have.....we have the Weigela with lots of colorful blooms to attract and hold those early arriving birds, then as the Weigela starts to fade, the Honeysuckle will continue to bloom, to be joined by the Beebalm. As these plants start to provide less and less blooms, the Salvia will reach it's peak blooming period and will continue to carry the load of feeding the Hummingbirds the remainder of the time that the Hummingbirds are in your area.
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