Every outdoor space is better if you can count hummingbirds among your wildlife visitors. Not only are they beautiful to look at but they help the ecosystem too. One of the major pollinating birds in ...
Witnessing the agile wing motion of a tiny hummingbird, radiant in color and unbelievably teeny in size, is nothing short of mesmerizing. Beyond their fascinating, fairy-like presence, hummingbirds ...
Hummingbirds have become a favorite garden visitor for many people—and hummingbird feeders and flowers help bring them to your yard for your viewing pleasure. But while you may be aware that ...
Hummingbird flowers have three things in common. Their blooms are tube-shaped, brightly colored, and they grow where it’s easy for hummingbirds to hover and sip. If you want to attract more of these ...
You can attract hummingbirds even in a garden with little sun. It's easy, just plant these shade plants for hummingbirds.
Coral honeysuckle is a top pick for attracting hummingbirds thanks to its vivid red tubular blooms that match their feeding style and offer high nectar rewards. Other great options include cigar plant ...
These days the hummingbirds are everywhere, it seems. It is not uncommon to get dive-bombed by one if you are in the vicinity of a food source. Feeding hummingbirds with a feeder filled with ...
Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Native to North America, ...
A couple of cheeseburgers, several bags of sour cream-and-cheddar potato chips, and a whole bunch of Graeter’s ice cream. By my unscientific calculations, that’s what a human would need to consume to ...
A super long-blooming native Joe-Pye eupatorium, a new pink-bloomer that’s a hummingbird magnet, and four new perennial flowers that earned national trial-garden honors lead the list of perennial ...