“If my love could be represented by a blur, it would be the beating of a hummingbird’s wings. Did you know that my love is the only love that can fly backwards?
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― Jarod Kintz, A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom
― Jarod Kintz, A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom
Hi Everyone,
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! We wish all of you a wonderful 2014 filled with beautiful flowers and hummingbirds. Whatever your traditions or beliefs might be, we hope you enjoyed a fun and festive Holiday season. For us, it was an extremely busy family time and now we are looking forward to another fantastic year of hummingbirds and gardening.
Given this overwhelming chilly and challenging winter, it’s very difficult to think about hummingbirds and gardening now, but we can assure you that both are not that far away. The first migrating hummingbirds are typically sighted on the Gulf Coast at the end of February and people in Florida and the Gulf Coast areas are enjoying hummingbirds right now, some of them Ruby-throats!
This winter update will be rather brief, as we need to quickly inform you about upcoming events of a time limited nature:
-WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION GARDEN EXPO, February 7-9, 2014 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Our Hummingbird Gardening Program will be presented on Saturday, February 8 at 9:30 a.m. and repeated on Sunday, February 9 at 2 p.m.
Here is a link to the Wisconsin Public Television Garden Expo website for more information about the event:
-CHICAGO FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW, March 15-23, 2014 at the Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. Our Hummingbird Gardening Program will be presented on Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m.
To learn more about the Chicago Flower and Garden Show, please visit their website at:
-WILDBIRDS UNLIMITED IN MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN: We will present our program on Saturday, April 12 at 10 a.m. The program is free, but you must register in advance. To learn more about the WBU seminars, please visit their webpage at:
-CROWNSVILLE NURSERY EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT: http://www.crownsvillenursery.com/
This wonderful nursery offers many hummingbird favorites, especially salvias and native plants. They send large beautiful plants that are expertly packed.
Check out their hummingbird page (which we helped them put together!)--- http://www.crownsvillenursery.com/information_links/hummingbirdinformation.html
Any orders placed before February 1, 2014 will receive a 15% discount. You can also save an additional 25% by ordering some plants in groups of three. Orders of $250 or more will receive free shipping. They are one of the few topnotch plant nurseries to offer an early bird discount. Don’t miss your chance to take advantage of this great opportunity to get your 2014 hummingbird garden started with gorgeous, high quality plants!
Other nurseries that you might want to check out and what they have to offer include:
-FLOWERS BY THE SEA NURSERY: http://www.fbts.com/ : The largest and most interesting collection of salvias currently available and their customer service and shipping are phenomenal! Highly recommended.
-SELECT SEEDS – ANTIQUE FLOWERS: http://www.selectseeds.com/ : Salvia ‘Blue Brazilian Sage’, Cuphea ‘David Verity’, and many other salvias and perennials. Reliable nursery with very reasonable prices. They also have many unusual seeds for sale.
-AVANT GARDENS: http://www.avantgardensne.com/catalog/category.cgi : Cuphea ‘David Verity’ and Salvias. They send some of the largest plants of any mail order nursery!
-ALMOST EDEN PLANTS IN LOUISIANA: http://www.almostedenplants.com/ : Special hummingbird plant selection, but their “claim to fame” is Stachytarpheta which is difficult to find anywhere else.
-PLANT DELIGHTS NURSERY, INC.: http://www.plantdelights.com/ : Interesting and varied perennials and annuals and many hummingbird plants unavailable anywhere else. They send very large plants and have one of the best and most interesting printed catalogs out there.
-BLUESTONE PERENNIALS: http://www.bluestoneperennials.com/listid/HUMBIRD.html : Mostly perennials, but a few tender Salvias such as Salvia guarantica ‘Black and Blue’ and Salvia greggii ‘Wild Thing’. They used to sell plants in groups of three, but now all plants are singles in a ready to plant, biodegradable pot. They offer some discounts, a spring sale, and coupons.
-VINCENT GARDENS: http://www.vincentgardens.com : Very small nursery specializing in hummingbird and butterfly plants with many unusual salvias for sale. They send large and beautiful plants and are highly recommended.
-WILDSEED FARMS: http://wildseedfarms.com : Seeds only. Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra), Salvia coccinea, and zinnia. Larger quantities of seeds are available.
We hope to see you soon at one of our upcoming programs. Have fun getting ready for spring and your hummingbirds!!
MICHAEL & KATHI
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