Here are a few tips we thought answered some of the most common questions we receive on a daily basis!

All of the following fun gardening tips were borrowed from almanac.com.

Attracting Hummingbirds

The key to attracting hummingbirds to your yard is to plant lots of flowers and provide the habitat that will give them shade, shelter, food, and security.

•  Herbs, flowering shrubs, dwarf trees, and vines all can be used to create an ideal tiered habitat from ground level to 10 feet or more.

•  Provide lots of space between plants to give hummingbirds enough room to hover and navigate from flower to flower.

•  Hummingbirds do not have a keen sense of smell and rely on bright colors to find their food.

•  They are particularly fond of red and are often observed investigating red plant labels, thermometers, and even red clothes on a gardener.

•  Brightly–colored flowers that are tubular hold the most nectar, and are particularly attractive to hummingbirds. These include perennials such as bee balms, columbines, daylilies, and lupines; biennials such as foxgloves and hollyhocks; and many annuals, including cleomes, impatiens, and petunias.

Here are more plants that attract hummingbirds. Choose varieties in red and orange shades.

Best Plants for Window Boxes

The leaves of shade-lovers will get scorched in the high light levels of a south or west-facing wall; plants that thrive in full sun will grow tall and leggy in a northern exposure.

Climbers can be trained around the window frame for an ensemble effect.