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Rose of Sharon Attracts Hummingbirds

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If you are looking for a bush to add to your yard, I would like to suggest the Rose of Sharon. Your ability to select this bush will depend largely on where you live, as this bush is known to do well in zones 5-9 of the country. Here is some further information about this bush that will help you deciede if this bush is something you would like to add to your yard as a way to attract more hummingbirds to your yard.

Normally, Rose of sharon bushes will be between 8-10 feet tall and have a spread of between 4-6 feet. However there are some varieties of this bush that will only reach a height of between 5-8 feet tall. The blooms of this bush can come in a wide variety of colors including: light blue, lavender, red or white. The Rose of Sharon often blooms late in the summer as well as leafs out late in the summer, so do not give up if it takes longer then you expect for this to occur.

If you wish to give this bush its desired shape, you can do so by pruning it in the winter of its first two growing seasons. This will give the bush one main truck, which is why many people tend to refer to this bush as a tree.

The Rose of sharon bush does best when placed in full sun and well drained soil. If you have an older Rose of sharon bush that is not doing very well, the problem may be caused by fungal damange because the bush has not been placed in an area where there is full sun.

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The Life of Birds

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This video excerpt is from The Life of Birds by David Attenborough. In it you will discover many fascinating things about hummingbird flight, that there are hummingbirds found in the Andes Mountains and so much more.

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What is the Gizzard of the Hummingbird?

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This post makes me think of my mom who loved discovering fascinating facts or information on a wide variety of subjects, but particularly nature and wildlife. Thus, I am certain that she would have loved discovering the information found in today’s post and I hope that you will as well.

Did you know that a hummingbird has a part of its anatomy known as the gizzard? If so, do you know what particular part of the hummingbird’s anatomy is known as the gizzard? If not, you will have discovered the answer through reading this post.

The gizzard is the term for the hummingbird’s stomach. As you might have figured out by now, this is where the food is digested. A hummingbird is able to digest nectar quite quickly and effeciently, with nectar being able to pass entirely through a hummingbird’s entire digestive system in less then 20 minutes. That’s right, I said in less then 20 minutes! Don’t you wish that the digestive process occured that rapidly whith in us humans?

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Verbena Attracts Hummingbirds

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Verbena is a plant which is which is known to attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and even small song birds, because of its nectar, seeds and small insects.This plant is long blooming, lavender-flowered, and grows to approximately 5 ft. tall.

Most varieties of verbena plants will begin blooming in the summer and will continue to do so until the first frost occurs. The flowers of this plant come in a wide variety of colors including solid and bicolored blooms which include red, purple, white, yellow, orange, and peach with generally white or cream colored eyes.

This plant tends to do quite well in containers or hanging baskets. This plant will tolerate a wide range of soils as long as it is well drained. This plant usually does best in areas that are sunny but verbena can also tolerate partial shade as well.

Verbena is a plant which requires very little maintenance other than periodic watering and occasional pruning in order to help maintain its shape if the gardener wants bushier, less trailing growth. In order to encourage the plant to continue to bloom, you should deadhead and prune the plant back.

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The Bahama Woodstar Hummingbird

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Well, once again I never cease to be amazed by all the amazing things I continue to discover about hummingbirds. Today was no different. I discovered that hummingbirds can even be found in the Bahama Islands. This is something I myself did not know before today. What about you ?

Here below you will find some of the many fascinating discoveries that I made about the Bahama Woodstar Hummingbird. I hope you will enjoy making them as I myself did. This is the type of information that I am sure my mom would have loved to have also discovered and that I would have enjoyed discussing with her.

The Bahama Woodstar Hummingbird is considered to be a medium sized hummingbird, even though it is only between 3 and 5 inches in length. It is the most common species of hummingbird found in the Bahama Islands. Although very rare, this species of hummingbird has been known to occassionally be seen in south Florida and it usually will be found around gradens located there. Lastly, the Bahama Woodstar Hummingbird is known to nest all year round and does not migrate.