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Calling humming birds to your terrace garden





Honestly , I am trying to create a butterfly garden , Last one year of my times spent on studying about their plants choices , food , behavior.You can have a look on my efforts for butterfly garden  Here.



As the greenery increased over my terrace , I begin to see many visitors , who graced my garden with their surprise presence.





Few of them, named to be are sparrows,main-ah, bulbul  and very beautiful humming birds .

Story of humming birds visiting the garden is quite interesting , I was planting host plant for butterflies from hibiscus species . i.e.

1) Sleeping hibiscus or mirchi gudhal

2)Hybrid hibiscus

3)Native hibiscus

During the first year , only the sleeping hibiscus bloomed , the rest two hibiscus varieties were still in development phase .No butterflies or birds visited them. This year i can see all the hibiscus having flowers and buds.

I thought to have some more flowers which can bloom in harsh summer  also provide some green foliage to increase the green cover.

so i chooses

1) Trumpet Vine

2)Tekoma stans

I clubbed all these plants together in tight space, so that they don't look scattered and birds can easily sit on them.

Trumpet vines are known to attract humming birds , so once they saw the bloom of trumpet vine, they start coming to the cluster of plants , to my surprise they start drawing nectar from sleeping hibiscus and hybrid hibiscus as well , and although they may came because of trumpet vine , but Hibiscus seems to be one of their favorite plant.

Tekoma stans yellow flower helped them to have another good source of nectar.

Here is a short video of a humming bird visiting my cluster of plants.


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