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Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden |
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#42 |
Rock Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Piedmont area NJ USA
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I have one native honeysuckle (yellow) growing in a part shade position and it blooms beautifully but only once in the late spring/early summer. (Ignore the Japanese Maple, I'm not allowed to remove it).
All the rest are in sunny spots and bloom on and off until a hard frost, The down side, in the sunnier spots, the early aphid attack is severe and disfiguring. This year there were 2 sequential attacks; just when they had recovered and were starting to bloom again the second assault began. It took about 3 years after planting for the honeysuckles to reach any substantial size. The lone hummingbird that visits them appeared today while I was outside. |
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The Bug Whisperer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Monroe County, WV, USA
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“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.” Henry Ward Beecher |
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#44 |
Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Thanks, Will-o-the-Wisp, for letting me know to be patient. My honeysuckles have only been in the ground since the spring. It is good to know that if I give them time, they'll fill in (assuming they can deal with my clay soil and misc insects that might want to eat them.)
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#45 |
Salamander
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
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I like White Honeysuckle, Lonicera alba...it's SO pretty when blooming!
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#46 |
Unicellular Fungi
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: NE Iowa, USA
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Hummers really like Penstemon-both P. digitalis & P. grandiflorus. It amazes me that they choose the digitalis considering the unpleasant (to humans) aroma it emits!
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#47 |
Rock Star
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Piedmont area NJ USA
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It always amazes me what the hummers are attracted to in individual gardens.
I have a large amount of penstemon but never have seen a hummer near any JulieRaeJ. I gifted a relative a number of plants from divisions of my plants and offered to plant them over the weekend. She has a very small garden in front of her garden apartment filled with mainly a large patch of impatiens. Imagine my surprise when a hummingbird visited the impatiens patch as I was planting. It makes me think that placement is critical. There weren't any other flowers blooming on the long expanse of lawn and there also weren't any obstructions because it was the tallest plant in front of evergreens. It also was the only patch of bright color. |
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#48 |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Remind me next year to sniff my P. digitalis...I've never noticed any scent--unpleasant or not. I'll have to check it.
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#49 |
Salamander
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
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I went out and cut off the Flame Acanthus seeded parts...maybe it'll start blooming again. The hummers need Flame Acanthus! Unfortunately the Firebush is late...should be blooming already!
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