[birdky] Re: Hummingbird Plants
- From: "bgfishin@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <bgfishin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <joyce.fry@xxxxxx>, <pns_for@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <jackiebelmore@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <wrscates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Mark Monroe" <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:39:56 -0400
The native honeysuckle is red and blooms early it is a great plant for
early hummer feeding. Needs full sun to bloom best. Ask for it at local
nursery perhaps it is available at Salato Ky dept of fish and wildlife.
Brad Goodrich
Vicco, KY
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From: "Fry, Joyce (EEC)" <joyce.fry@xxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 8:21 AM
To: pns_for@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, jackiebelmore@xxxxxxxxxxx,
wrscates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Mark Monroe" <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [birdky] Re: Hummingbird Plants
Better to plant native plants so as to reduce impacts to the natural
world. I have much success with obedient plant, great blue lobelia,
cardinal flower and trumpet honeysuckle, just to name a few. Joyce
Fry, Environmental Biologist Consultant Water Quality Certification Section
200 Fair Oaks Lane Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (502) 564-3410 ext 4878 Fax
(502) 564-9636
http://water.ky.gov/permitting/Pages/KYWaterQualityCertProg.aspx We abuse
land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land
as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and
respect.
Aldo Leopold
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From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Preston Forsythe
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 10:58 PM
To: jackiebelmore@xxxxxxxxxxx; wrscates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Mark Monroe
Cc: Waller, Chuck; BirdKY BirdKY Listserve; Bill Walden
Subject: [birdky] Hummingbird Plants What works for us are honeysuckle,
cypress vine, salvia-red hot sally and trumpet vine. These all grow
like weeds. A 50 foot row of each would feed hundreds of hummers. The
cypress vine, especially, will really spread but if you put it under a
fence then you can just let it go and run the mower a foot away from each
side. It grows 1/2 ft. a day at this time of the year. What a climber.
Preston Forsythe in Muhlenberg Co.
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----- From: Jackie Elmore To: wrscates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Mark Monroe
Cc: BirdKY BirdKY Listserve Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 9:47 PM
Subject: [birdky] Re: sugar/water ratio for hummers Sunday 9/12/2010
I am unconvinced that flowers offer that much more in the way of potential
nutrition than our feeders.
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