It has been said but I have to agree and add some positives about
cardinal vine (aka cypress vine) The hummers love it, actually I think
they hate it, it doesn't have a lot of nectar but it is red and they
love that! It grows fast, has LOTS of flowers as long as the weather
is warm, starts flowering young, kids can easily save the seeds for
next year, it isn't rampant, and it is just a fun plant!!! ( seed is
fairly easy to find, I would suggest Johnny's selected seeds in maine)
I have grown lots of plants comercially and you won't find an easier
one to grow and succeed with!
Also for the long term REM honeysuckle is very good (but beware
the aphids early in the season!), it reblooms throughout the season
and the hummers like it, to enjoy the birds grow it on a trellis. It
will tolerate a bit of shade, mine is under a black walnut and only
gets 4 hours of direct sun and lots of bright shade.
All the other suggestion are also great, but in my experiece these
two give the most bang for the buck... that is long bloom and they
attract the birds.


"Henry" wrote in message . ..
I am looking for suggestions on flowers that I can start from seed for my
kid's garden that will do a good job of attracting Hummingbirds. I live in
Central NY and I know we have them here as we have seen them at a neighbors
feeder and I think my kid would get a kick out of seeing them in his
garden. I have seen a number of flowers listed in catalogs that say they
will attract Hummingbirds but almost all are being sold as plants and after
last years dismal experience of buying plants by mail I won't make that
mistake again. Strangely enough the last good experience I had with ordering
flowering plants was from Michigan Bulb before they went under -guess I was
one of the lucky ones with them. Of course I had the best experience with
Stark Bros. and Raintree Nurseries for apple tree and blueberry bushes but
they don't do flowers Any info on flowers and the sources for there seed
would be greatly appreciated as this would make an ideal addition since his
garden is right next to our Butterfly Bush which lives up to it's name. Also
any GOOD websites with info on this would be appreciated as I did searches
on Google and Lycos was not impressed.



Henry