Posts Tagged: hummingbird
Sage Advice: Welcome Salvias into Your Garden
If you are starting a list of plants to put in the ground this fall, you might want to add a salvia...
Shady Spot Suggestions.
By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County One of the challenges many...
Shady garden (sunset.com)
California native plant ground cover. (summer-dry.com)
Dogwood. (pinterest.com)
Coyote mint. (anniesannuals.com)
Hummingbird sage. (laspilitas.com)
Butterfly mint bush (pinterest.jp)
Wild ginger, leaves. (flickr.com)
Wild ginger, bloom--it's very small. (pinterest.com)
Wood strawberry. (laspilitas.com)
Yerba buena. (laspilitas.com)
Monkey flower, Diplacus spp. (laspilitas.com)
Ribes spp. (laspilitas.com)
Red flowering currant. (pinterest.com)
Cream bush. Ocean spray. California spiraea. (laspilitas.com)
California honeysuckle. (laspilitas.com)
Pipevine, leaves. (joyfulbutterfly.com)
Pipevine with Pipevine caterpillar--if you look really carefully on the leaves or underside of the leaves. (butterflyidentification.com)
Hummingbird sage. (pinterest.com )
Of Ants, Hummingbird Feeders and Feelings
How do you keep ants off your hummingbird feeders? That was a question a Bug Squad reader asked:...
Ants head for food on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A hummingbird heads for a feeder in Vacaville, Calif. This feeder has no ants. Note: don't use red food coloring in your feeders; many feeders now are of red glass. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Garden Gift Ideas.
By Denise Seghesio Levine, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County It seems like just...
What You May Not Know About Hummingbirds
Pollinators aren't just bees, butterflies, beetles and bats. They're also birds, like...
Hummingbirds eat insects and insects eat hummingbirds. Here a praying mantis lurks by a hummingbird feeder. It was quickly removed to another spot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A hummingbird flies in for a quick burst of energy. It is best not to use red dye in a feeder; some companies make hummingbird feeders with red glass. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)