Review: Hummingbirds Butterflies Hummingbirds
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2012
Sanctuary Gardens is a delightful instruction book to start your "Hummingbird" and "Butterfly" garden - large or small. You will have fun with this book and everything is right on.  I have 3 separate hummingbird gardens that I started small and enlarged every year with incredible results. The hummingbirds even enjoy the mexican sage bonnets and they are sustainable throughout the hot summers.My butterflies love the silvardo sage, the lantana, the mexican sage and the hummingbird bushes. Sometimes during the day there are thousands of butterfies and it is awesome. My dogs finally stopped chasing them. I had to train them with treats to "stay"!Please note: research the plants that are sustainable in your weather zone or you will spend money on plants that can't take the heat or the cold. Start small and grow.Your investment can be resonable and you can utilize items that you already have around the house or shop at a garage sale to keep expenses down. Have fun!One key note: research your own area to determine which plants will sustain in your weather zone. Hummingbirds are territorial and fun to watch darting from plant to plant - garden to garden. They will even buzz into my large back porch to snif my houseplants while I am having a cup of tea. Absolutely fascinating!