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markodochartaigh

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1. The hummingbirds love porterweed

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:18 PM

Aug 6

and there are several new varieties of porterweed. It doesn't freeze back in Florida and blooms all year. Tomorrow I'm taking a bunch of cuttings to grow a new hedge.

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Well, gotta buy another 10 pound bag of sugar.....my hummers have not stopped drinking for the last week. [View all] a kennedy Aug 6 OP

The hummingbirds love porterweed markodochartaigh Aug 6 #1

It must be a banner year for hummers. We haven't seen one for several years until this summer. rsdsharp Aug 6 #2

I go thru a 25 lb bag every 3-4 weeks or so. alittlelark Aug 6 #3

I've been thinking of setting up a feeder because this heat is really wearing on the one that come to my yard. Baitball Blogger Aug 6 #4

1 cup sugar to 4 cups water, boil, let the mixture cool down then fill the feeders. a kennedy Aug 6 #5

We always put up our feeders during spring and fall migration, surfered Aug 6 #6

What a cheap cost JMCKUSICK Aug 6 #7

Ya, and you're right, a little cost for such pleasure..... a kennedy Aug 6 #9

We have had hummers for almost 20 years Omaha Steve Aug 6 #8

I am so jealous! My neighbors and I put up several feeders weeks niyad Aug 6 #10

and sorry, but where are you??? a kennedy Aug 7 #11

Colorado Springs. This lack of hummers is unusual. niyad Aug 7 #12