In article LXKie.1342$6d.663@trnddc05, "Travis"
wrote:

paghat wrote:
In article , "\"Fragile Warrior\"
Volfie" wrote:

Does that mean sun for every second the sun is up or does it mean
a minimum amount of sunlight hours?

It means a minimum of six hours sunlight.

I just bought a nice Dropmore Scarlett Honeysuckle vine and I want
to make sure I'm planting it in the best spot I can find. If I
put it near my patio (where I would like it to grow on the
railings so I can see the hummingbirds visit) it will get sun for
about 10 or 11 hours a day but shade will fall over it around 6pm
until sundown. Is that adequate for optimum growth?

Yes.

Yesterday a hummingbird hummed around my head then cruised slowly
down the sideewalk checking out the ninebark blossoms &
rhododendrons. We only have one kind of hummingbird in my zone &
this one was smaller & merely brown so a little surprising; I
presume it was a youngster. But it was quite startling because for
a moment I thought I was being divebombed by a giant moth.

I once saw a not-too-bright hummingbird try to get nectar from
cattail fluff, back up, then try again.

-paghat the ratgirl

We have 2 where I live.

http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/species.asp?id=265
http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/species.asp?id=262

Thanks. I'm still not certain what kind it was since it had no color
beyond brown (though the photos you cite cause the memory instantly to
ammend itself to reddish brown), but must've been the smaller rufus, just
too young to have gotten any red or sheen on her. Maybe I'll see it a few
more times & will be able to be sure. I just love such visits, & a few
years ago started planting lots of hummingbird attractants because
previously they'd hum through & not stay long because they didn't find
enough to their liking.

-paggers
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