How To Grow a Hummingbird Garden.

By Chrisjob

"With a little luck, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a hummingbird this summer. These miniature winged wonders are awe-inspiring for their size, speed and remarkable beauty, plus their uncanny maneuverability. But you don’t have to wait for a chance sighting — you can easily attract hummingbirds right to your back yard by creating a simple, vibrant hummingbird garden.

Good hummingbird habitat doesn’t have to be complicated. Your feathered friends have basic needs: food sources, water for bathing (they love flitting through the garden sprinkler), and accommodations for perching and nest building. There are a variety of flowers (particularly wildflowers), vines, shrubs and trees that you can incorporate to create a successful hummingbird retreat. Yucca, snapdragon, morning glory, mealberry and flowering crabapple are just a few of the varieties that hummingbirds enjoy...."

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August 08, 2007

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beccajo

August 08, 2007

my folks have built a great hummingbird habitat in their new house-just the other day my mom and i watched though as a GIANT frog tried to eat a poor hummer that was hovering over one of the plants! the frog jumped into the plant, with his mouth open, and right over the flower the bird was in! fortunately the hummer got away, but it was a close call.