Yesterday I cleaned and planted Beth's Hummingbird garden. I also found a new finch feeder for $4.95 at Walmart! It's all metal and the yellow finch seem to love it as it's been doing pretty good business all day.
The large plants under the finch feeder are new this year and are call "Digitalis Foxy."
The Foxglove Foxy Mix, 'Digitalis ‘Foxy Mix’, is a showy and compact perennial that produces an array of pastel blooms. Colors include: pink, pale yellow, purple, white and magenta with marbled markings. The dense spikes produce large tubular flowers. The foliage has a velvet and fuzzy texture that contrast well with the flower colors. ‘Foxy Mix’ has a plant height of 30-36” and a spread of 8-10”.
Digitalis should be planted in full sun but will tolerate morning shade. It blooms early to mid summer being a major attraction to bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
Digitalis should be planted in full sun but will tolerate morning shade. It blooms early to mid summer being a major attraction to bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
So we'll see once the hummingbirds return this year.
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Have you seen much hummingbird activity this year? I'm getting a little worried - we have 3 feeders that we put up each year, and usually have lots of visitors. As of today -- 5/13/2007 -- I've seen one female, and my husband has seen one, but not the type of constant visitors we are used to in Atlanta springtime.
We saw a few last weekend so put up the feeder this weekend and added a smaller feeder in the garden. We both hope it will be a busy year.
We had six pairs last year.
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