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6 Plants to Turn Your Yard into a Butterfly and Hummingbird Paradise

By Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Real Estate Agent with Sun Lakes Realty DRE #01492138

March 10, 2014 03:38 PM

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Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Roy,

Everyone on AR knows your photographs are the ultimate in beauty. Have a great week.

Mar 11, 2014 02:18 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Carol,

Isn't it wonderful how we all have a love for nature. I tend to buy pictures and jewelry that has nature in them; hummers, dragonflies and butterflies.

Mar 11, 2014 02:20 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Silvia,

I had not seen the Mexican Bird of Paradise until I moved to Loma Linda. They were re-doing the medians and trying to use drought resistant plants and they planted these. They are still growing strong 25 years later and I have 2 huge ones in my backyard.

6 Plants to Turn Your Yard into a Butterfly and Hummingbird Paradise

Mar 11, 2014 02:26 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Randy,

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy springtime as we sure deserve it after our harsh winter.

Mar 11, 2014 02:44 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi VB,

Yes many of us love taking pictures of nature and thanks so much for featuring my post in your group at:EXPRESS WITH PHOTOS AT ACTIVERAIN.

Mar 11, 2014 02:45 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Debbie,

Thanks for stopping by and I will have to check at our local nursery for Butterfly Bush as I want to continue to add to my butterfly haven.

Mar 11, 2014 02:48 AM

Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate

John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR

"Your Local Expert!" 503-755-2905

Kristin~ahhhhhhh.....you just delivered some wonderful EYE CANDY. I will bookmark this. And come throughout the day just to enjoy, because it makes me happy! Did you know that butterflies eat with their feet? They show us that the environment is doing well, too.

Mar 11, 2014 04:03 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Gayle,

What a beautiful flower and thanks for sharing it with us. Mother Nature gives us so beauty.

Mar 11, 2014 06:22 AM

Donna Foerster

HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO

Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Kristin~ I wonder how some of these plants might do in Colorado. I think I'd like some honeysuckle. I'll have to check with my local garden center.

Mar 11, 2014 07:54 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Donna,

I think Honeysuckle is pretty resiliant to weather. Some with freeze and then come back in the spring.

Mar 11, 2014 07:56 AM

Carolyn Roland-Historic Homes For Sale In Delaware and S. Chester County PA

Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate - Wilmington, DE

Carolyn Roland, GRI, CRS

Kristin-Nice photos! Since the Mexican Bird of Paradise is only hardy down to 18 degrees, it would not work for me. And someone mentioned the Butterfly Bush--in our area it is considered an invasive, although I have one and it always stays small and the seeds do not seem to plant themselves, at least where I have it. A Delaware author, Doug Tallamy, touts native plants for the garden, because scores of insects only feed on a particular local plant, and if you plant non-native species, the local insects die off, breaking the chain of life. I attached a picture of Asclepias tuberosa from my yard (often called milkweed) which attracts birds and butterflies and is native to my area on the east coast.

Mar 12, 2014 12:11 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Carolyn,

That is fascinating what you said about planting non-native plants in an area. I had never heard that before! Thanks for sharing and I like your picture. Hopefully you will have birds and butterflies in your spring garden soon. Here's to warm weather coming shortly!

Mar 12, 2014 02:05 AM

Bette Gottwald

UNITED REAL ESTATE | Central PA - Mechanicsburg, PA

"Bet"on Central PA Real Estate!

Nice post, and beautiful flowers. In our area, the honeysuckle and monarda are quite invasive and attract the birds and butterflies from mid-Spring through the mid-Fall. I hope your kids were able to get to the Philadelphia Flower Show before it ended last weekend. They had a marvelous butterfly exhibit.

Mar 12, 2014 12:52 PM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Bette,

I think they went away for the week but they would have truly enjoyed it. Maybe next year I will go there during the time when it is at the convention center. Did the butterflies do OK in the cold outside?

Mar 12, 2014 01:06 PM

Than Maynard

Coldwell Banker Heart of Oklahoma - Purcell, OK

Broker - Licensed to List & Sell - 405-990-8862

Thanks for sharing the photos and information.

Never cared for the browned eyed susans. Always seemed 'weedy' to me.

Mar 15, 2014 11:22 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Than,

They are vines I think so they climb on everything. I love the Mexican Bird of Paradise more than any other plant.

Mar 15, 2014 02:48 PM

Jeff Fisher

PureWest Real Estate - Whitefish, MT

PUREWEST REAL ESTATE/Christies

We have so may different kinds of hummingbirds in our area, that we're always searching for new and inviting plants. I'll have to see if the anemone grows in our area.

Mar 16, 2014 12:34 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Jeff,

They are pretty hardy and come in nice shades of pinks and fushias as well as white. After a few months, single plants triple in size and stems. It is amazing how well they do but if you have snails, they kill them off fast.

Mar 16, 2014 02:35 AM

Manuela Baginski

Coastal Properties Group/Christie's International Real Estate - Tierra Verde, FL

bilingual Real Estate Professional in Tampa Bay

Just this morning my neighbor told me that she saw 2 hummingbirds on her balcony eating the nectar from her plant! I will have to ask her which one it is. She went to get a hummingbird feeder this afternoon!

Mar 18, 2014 05:07 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor

Sun Lakes Realty - Banning, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Manuela,

I am so happy to hear that as it really helps the population of hummingbirds to have people providing extra nourishment. I read recently that when the hummingbirds migrate and pass through your yard, when they return they take the same route and pass through again. I thought that was amazing.

Mar 18, 2014 05:48 AM

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