Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Top irresistible vines for a hummingbird haven
Thunbergia mysorensis - Clock Vine
Bignonia capreolata - Crossvine
Tecomaria capensis - Cape Honeysuckle
Passiflora coccinea - Passion Flower
Ipomoea - Prince Kuhio Vine
Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle
Antigonon leptopus - Mexican Coral Vine
Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine
Full list of Hummingbird favorite vines for the previous post ⤴️
Antigonon leptopus - Mexican Coral Vine 📸
Aristolochia - Dutchman's Pipe
Bignonia capreolata - Crossvine 📸
Camptosema - Dwarf Red Jade Vine
Chonemorpha fragrans - Frangipani Vine
Clerodendrums - Bleeding Heart and others
Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea
Combretum aubletii - Monkey Brush Vine
Dipladenia (Mandevilla)
Faradaya splendida - Glory Vine
Gmelina philippensis - Parrot's Beak
Hiptage benghalensis - Helicopter Flower
Ipomoea - Prince Kuhio Vine 📸
Lonicera - Honeysuckle 📸
Mansoa alliacea - Garlic Vine
Pandorea jasminoides - Pandora Vine
Passiflora - Passion Flower 📸
Petrea volubilis - Queen's Wreath
Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine 📸
Quisqualis indica - Rangoon Creeper
Senecio confusus - Mexican Flame Vine
Solandra - Butter Cup
Stephanotis floribunda - Bridal Bouquet
Tecomanthe dendrophylla - New Guinea Creeper vine
Tecomaria capensis - Cape Honeysuckle 📸
Thunbergia - Sky Vine, Clock Vine 📸
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Top Eight irresistible vines for a hummingbird haven
Below is the Hummingbird Haven Plan designed for continuous blooms, vertical interest, and year-round hummingbird attraction.
Centerpiece (Tall Structure / Arbor)
- Thunbergia, especially Thunbergia mysorensis (Clock Vine). Provide strong overhead support for its hanging blooms. Let this showstopper trail over a sturdy pergola or arbor. Its long, red-and-yellow flowers will be your garden’s main hummingbird magnet.
- Bignonia capreolata (Crossvine) - A hardy, fast-growing native that clings to supports. Train it on a trellis for early-spring blooms that attract the season’s first hummingbirds.
- Tecomaria (Cape Honeysuckle) - A vigorous, evergreen bloomer that loves full sun. Its bright red-orange tubular flowers draw hummingbirds throughout the year and are perfect for training along fences or trellises.
- Passiflora (especially vitifolia or coccinea). Needs full sun, rich soil, and regular water; prune to manage size and boost flowering. Let it twine near seating areas for bold red blooms and close-up hummingbird visits.
- Ipomoea (including Prince Kuhio Vine) - Thrives in warm, frost-free zones with sun and moisture. Plant at the base of structures or in containers to sprawl or climb with vivid purple-pink blooms.
- Lonicera (including L. sempervirens - Coral Honeysuckle) - Plant at the base of a trellis or fence, near the arbor. This cold-hardy native has red-orange or yellow tubular blooms from spring to fall and adds a delicate contrast to tropical textures.
- Antigonon leptopus - Mexican Coral Vine - Loves sun and drains well; drought-tolerant but frost-sensitive. Great for fences and open trellises as a fast-growing, summer-to-fall bloomer buzzing with activity.
- Pyrostegia venusta (Flame Vine) - Bursting in fiery orange, perfect for fences or pergolas. Plant along a back fence or side trellis where it can sprawl wide and fill empty space. Thrives in full sun, blooms in winter-spring, and complements vertical stars like Thunbergia and Passionflower.
Side Support (Trellis or Fence)
Mid-layer (Fence, Arch, or Large Pot Trellis)
Ground-Level Accents
Wild Touch / Quick Filler
📝 These vines feature tubular, nectar-rich blooms that hummingbirds adore.
Add a shallow birdbath or feeder nearby, and you'll have a full-service nectar station!
See full list of Hummingbird favorite vines in next post ⤵️
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How to add Music to your garden
Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note, Morning Kiss
ℹ️ The unopened flowers resemble musical notes, giving the plant its name.
🛒 Get Musical Notes for your garden
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How to enhance your garden with hardy tropical: Fast Growing White Orchid Tree
💮 Bauhinia alba (candida) - White Orchid Tree - is the most cold hardy of all bauhinias. It is a medium-sized, fast-growing tree with short trunk and spreading branches that provide excellent shade.
💮 Abundant, fragrant white flowers adorned with subtle lemon-green markings, blooming from winter through spring and intermittently in summer.
💮 Cold Hardy: Among the most frost-tolerant Bauhinias, thriving in temperatures as low as 26F.
💮 Rapid Growth: Grows quickly, reaching heights of 15 to 30 feet, ideal for creating a lush, shaded area.
💮 Attracts Pollinators: The large, showy flowers attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies, enhancing your garden's ecosystem.
💮 Low Maintenance: Drought-tolerant once established and thrives in well-drained soil with full sun exposure.
📚 Orchid trees from previous posts:
- 💋White Orchid Tree
- 💋Pure white and elegant
- 💋The most beautiful of all orchid trees - Hong Kong
- 💋Orchid tree with stunning red-and-yellow flowers
- 💋How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
- 💋Pride of De Kaap or Nasturtium Bauhinia
- 💋What is the best shade tree that is fast growing and beautiful?
- 💋Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings
🛒 Enhance your garden with White Orchid Tree
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How to enhance your garden with hardy tropical: Fast Growing White Orchid Tree
Bauhinia alba (candida) - White Orchid Tree
- 💮 Bauhinia alba (candida) - White Orchid Tree - is the most cold hardy of all bauhinias. It is a medium-sized, fast-growing tree with short trunk and spreading branches that provide excellent shade.
- 💮 Abundant, fragrant white flowers adorned with subtle lemon-green markings, blooming from winter through spring and intermittently in summer.
- 💮 Cold Hardy: Among the most frost-tolerant Bauhinias, thriving in temperatures as low as 26F.
- 💮 Rapid Growth: Grows quickly, reaching heights of 15 to 30 feet, ideal for creating a lush, shaded area.
- 💮 Attracts Pollinators: The large, showy flowers attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies, enhancing your garden's ecosystem.
- 💮 Low Maintenance: Drought-tolerant once established and thrives in well-drained soil with full sun exposure.
📚 Orchid trees from previous posts:
- 💋White Orchid Tree
- 💋Pure white and elegant
- 💋The most beautiful of all orchid trees - Hong Kong
- 💋Orchid tree with stunning red-and-yellow flowers
- 💋How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
- 💋Pride of De Kaap or Nasturtium Bauhinia
- 💋What is the best shade tree that is fast growing and beautiful?
- 💋Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings
🛒 Enhance your garden with White Orchid Tree
#Hedges_with_benefits #Trees #Butterfly_Plants
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