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May 15, 2022 9:16 AM CST
Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a
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BTW, I should have been specific about hummingbird interest. Lots of red things might attract a hummingbird...begonias (devoid of nectar BTW), a red shirt, red hat, etc. But I'm looking for confirmation of actual use... where they're actually repeatedly getting nectar from the flowers. I think far too often in the plant industry things just get accepted as fact and repeated widely. Red four o clocks look for all the world to be perfect for hummingbirds. The birds will check them out. But they have nothing to offer so the birds moved will move on.
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE

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