Hummingbird darts lightly through the world, spreading its message of joy and beauty, and teaching us to appreciate the wonder and magic of everyday existence. Hummingbird teaches us to transcend time: to recognize that what has happened in the past, and what might happen in the future, is not nearly as important as what we are experiencing now.

Hummingbirds teache us to hover in the moment, to appreciate its sweetness.

Like butterflies, hummingbirds receive most of their energy requirements from the sweet nectar found in the blossoms of flowers. They also ingest small spiders or soft insects they spy on the leaves of plants, providing them with protein.

Would you believe that a single hummer needs the nectar of approximately 1,000 blossoms each and every day to sustain life?

Their airborne kamikaze dives delight us. Their migration journey amazes us. We eagerly anticipate their arrival each spring, and mourn their departure in the fall. Hummingbirds are bright jewels that grace our lives each summer, and if we want to enjoy them at their best, we should give them the best habitat possible. And,

Attracting hummingbirds to your garden is sometimes a challenge, and sometimes quite frustrating. They’re fickle and quite unpredictable, leading you on a never ending quest for the Holy Grail of hummingbird plants. They squabble among themselves, and a few can be downright bullies.

But, the same hummingbirds return to your garden year after year. Isn’t this amazing?

Hummingbird favorites are the Salvias — autumn sage, scarlet sage, big red sage, mealy blue sage and many others. They also love Cannas, Four O’Clocks, Foxglove, Hostas, Lupine, Fuchsia, Impatiens and Petunia.

It is best to plant different flowers which will bloom over an extended period of time and plant them in large groupings to better attract the hummingbirds. These flowers will also attract small insects which will be eaten by the hummingbirds and spiders attracted to the flowers will provide webbing for nesting material for the birds.

Want to know more about attracting hummingbirds to your garden?

Then, go to this post: “Enjoy Hummingbirds – Garden Jewels”!

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Yours truly for a great garden with outstanding berries,veggies and flowers.

Polly-organic gardener