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Butterflies and Hummingbirds - Same plants?
Posted by birder101 | September 26, 2008 7:19pm | Viewed 1123 times | 4 replies | Last replied by Jr49503 on October 06, 2008 5:38pm
Do I plant the same thing for both butterflies and humming birds? And, what are the best things to plant?
September 27, 2008 8:10pm |
The hummers and butterflies like some of the same plants, but not all. Hard to tell you what to plant because it varies upon the area you live in. |
September 27, 2008 8:29pm |
I am in Wisconsin - so I have the winter to deal with. What do you think would be a good start? |
September 28, 2008 12:31am |
Hey, that was where I was 2 yrs ago before I retired. I had several gardens in my yard and lots of pots. I lived in Milw. I had an above ground swimming pool that we got rid of and I turned that area into a 12x12 butterfly garden. In the middle I grew Joe Pye Weed. I surrounded that with milkweeds, dill, turtlehead, coneflower, liatris. Further away from that I had butterfly bush and milkweeds in pots. I never had any hummers until I planted a row of red zinnias. I planted, at least, 20 red tall zinnias along the house and since they do get the mildew, I planted pink profusion zinnias in front of them. That attracted hummers and they liked the turlehead too. |
October 06, 2008 5:38pm |
I find that the hummingbirds and the butterflies go to the same type of plants and flowers in my yard. |
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