Vines for Hummingbirds
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Vines for Hummingbirds
I'm thinking I'm going to plant some vines for hummingbirds this year. What do you suggest besides trumpet vine and cardinal vine?
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- Old earth dog
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DON'T! plant a Trumpet vine unless you dont mind it coming up every where else. Maybe along a fence row away from the house. But I would never put one in or close to a bed. I've learned my lesson.
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- Old earth dog
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Chris, the Scarlet Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle vine I have is (I think ) Lonicera sempervirens. There are a number of varieties from dark red to yellow. The yellow I had seemd prone to mildew.
Typical honeysuckle vine in that they can repro VERY easily with cuttings or layereing.
At one time I had Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans)on my deck overhead. It responded well to dead heading, but, as BillyB mentioned, they came up all over if any were left to seed. I also didn't like the "hold tight" (Ivy like) way they climbed on the wood. If kept stripped of lower "branches" and given a strong pole to climb, they can make a nice tree standard like a wisteria.
Typical honeysuckle vine in that they can repro VERY easily with cuttings or layereing.
At one time I had Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans)on my deck overhead. It responded well to dead heading, but, as BillyB mentioned, they came up all over if any were left to seed. I also didn't like the "hold tight" (Ivy like) way they climbed on the wood. If kept stripped of lower "branches" and given a strong pole to climb, they can make a nice tree standard like a wisteria.
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