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Post by Mumsey on Aug 2, 2019 3:44:23 GMT -5
Wheelgarden, Cypress Vine. Oh yeah. I planted it 3 years ago, it keeps coming back even though I keep pulling it out before it blooms. It can be invasive! It is beautiful.
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Post by desertwoman on Aug 2, 2019 9:32:58 GMT -5
Honey These are what I have planted for hummers (all drought tolerant/low water and good to zone 10) agastache, knipholia (red hot poker), buddleia (butterfly bush- can get quite large or keep pruned to size you want.), trumpet vine also penstemon and honeysuckle vine are good to zone 9 and low water
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Aug 2, 2019 10:33:01 GMT -5
Honey , I've found peonies, day lilies and Asiatic lilies to be the most drought tolerant and hardy plants of any I've planted. Ostrich ferns hold their own even in hot weather IF they're in a shady area. Of the vines, honeysuckle and grape seem to be the strongest. My honeysuckle literally went wild this year. Grape vines are aggressive, but they are lovely, and they do produce grapes although I've never been able to harvest any b/c critters get them first. Still, their foliage is graceful and pretty. And they make wonderful wreaths; I haven't used any other source for wreaths since I planted grape vines. In some ways morning glories have some level of hardiness during drought, b/c they're so shallow rooted and a little water seems to keep them happy.
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Post by Latitude33 on Aug 2, 2019 17:54:35 GMT -5
Honey, I may have some cypress vine seed that your are welcome to. Where is Annie's Annuals?
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Post by mcool61 on Aug 5, 2019 21:31:51 GMT -5
Honey, you should plant honeysuckle Cardinal flowers are good for humming birds too.
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Post by mcool61 on Aug 5, 2019 21:36:31 GMT -5
the ants actually had a highway from the ground up and into the feeders I hang my feeders on fishing monofilament & my feeder has a moat that I put water in. I've also folded duct tape in half & then stuck it to the fishing line so it has a sticky side out all around.
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Honey
Leafing Out
N Calif. (Central Valley) Zone 9b
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Post by Honey on Aug 8, 2019 16:23:41 GMT -5
When in the garden, they get right up close, especially if I’m wearing a bright flowered colored shirt 👚. Hey binnylou! I wear my muu-muus to garden and I have a couple that I simply cannot wear out there at this time of the year: the ones with flowers on them or especially the black ones with tiny bright red/white flowers on them. It's not so much trouble with the hummers, but those HUGE 2" long black bumblebees that go after our morning glories that get perilously close, buzzing angrily back and forth so closely that I can hear them buzzing and trying to figure out if I'm a flower or what! YIKES!! So I can certainly identify with that. Honey If you can put it in a dedicated spot with some fence or trellising, Cypress Vine, aka Butterfly Vine ( Ipomoea quamoclit) is a hummingbird magnet. Hundreds of little, crimson, tubular flowers that the hummers love, and it is very heat-and-drought tolerant. Nice ferny foliage, too. An annual here in zone 7b, but re-seeds like crazy, hence the need for a dedicated spot. It sounds great for one spot near my kitchen window actually. It's full of salvia and 2 burgeoning Rose of Sharon trees right now with FULL afternoon sun and little water, but there's some free space between the 2 trees. Maybe. I know how we're fighting the neighbor's Morning Glory vines, though, slithering and climbing over the fence and across the yard and up the trees, and I'm a bit leery of creating another problem for us on the other side of the house. But maybe. They are so darned pretty!
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Post by binnylou on Aug 8, 2019 16:27:05 GMT -5
I wear my muu-muus to garden and I have a couple that I simply cannot wear out there at this time of the year: the ones with flowers on them or especially the black ones with tiny bright red/white flowers on them. It's not so much trouble with the hummers, but those HUGE 2" long black bumblebees that go after our morning glories that get perilously close, buzzing angrily back and forth so closely that I can hear them buzzing and trying to figure out if I'm a flower or what! YIKES!! So I can certainly identify with that. That was good for a giggle.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Aug 8, 2019 17:03:25 GMT -5
Honey I'd be hesistant to put Cypress Vine close to the house or any other plantings. Instead of "a dedicated spot", I should have said, "a dedicated, isolated spot". It can be invasive.
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