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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

HUMMINGBIRDS AS PETS


DON’T HAVE TO WALK A BIRD--Watching hummingbirds flit through your garden is an enjoyable pastime. Succulents and almost any aloe will attract them, but there is an assortment of cactus and perennial plants that will bring them in too. The list below published in San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles magazine from the plant palette at Waterwise Botanicals in Escondido, CA should help you invite these precious visitors to your landscape or garden.

Cactus
Hesperaloe parviflora
Tricholobivia hybrid

Daylilies
Kniphofia uraria

Lilies
Alstromeria Meyers hybrid

 Common Lantana camara attract hummingbirds

Perennials
Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’
Anigozanthus hybrid
Centranthus
Gaura lindheimeri
Heuchera sanguinea
Lantana camara
Lavandula angustifolia
Lavandula stoechas
Lobelia laxiflora
Nepeta
Pelargonium
Penstemon
Salvia chiapensis
Salvia greggii
Salvia leucantha
Salvia microphylla
Salvia ‘Waverly’
Stokesia laevis


Source:
Waterwise Botanicals
32183 Old Highway 395
Escondido, CA 92026
760-728-2641
waterwisebotanicals.com

Join Waterwise Botanicals for a heart-shaped succulent wreath workshop at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 7. Preregistration is required.



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