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Birding

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Birding

Birds are amazing creatures that play a vital role in nature. They are essential for spreading seeds to help trees grow and reproduce, eating insects that can be pests, and much more! When you care about birds, you help the environment.

Make your garden a bird haven by adding birdhouses, spreading bird seed, and making sure your birdbath always has water!

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Bird baths make a lovely gift for gardeners because you can put them anywhere. In fact, many bird baths double as yard art, as well as functional outdoor features. People who love birds will be delighted to receive a gift that encourages their feathered friends to visit their home or garden more often.

Are you trying to find the best birdhouses around? Look no further! At Buchanan’s Plants & Birdhouses, we carry a great selection of birdhouses. We have many different shapes, sizes, and colors. Calling all bird lovers!

Do you want to attract more birds to your yard? Then you should consider putting out birdseed for our winged friends! The Bungalow porch is home to all sorts of seeds varieties.

Unsure what the best birdseed is for your garden? Grab a gardener to advise you on which seed would work best for you!


Hummingbirds

Birds are amazing creatures that play a vital role in nature. Birds are essential for spreading seeds to help trees grow and reproduce, eating insects that can be pests, and much more! When you care about birds, you help the environment.

Males are iridescent blue-green on the back, with a metallic green sheen visible only in good light. The breast is brilliant red, but the belly is whitish. Females are overall green, with iridescent green upperparts and dull grayish white underparts flecked with brown.

Ruby Throated, Black Chinned and Rufous hummingbirds are the three most common types we find in our Houston gardens. The best way to attract hummingbirds to your garden, and encourage them to return the following year, is to plant your garden with nectar plants.  Hummingbirds will feed on a combination of flower nectar and tiny insects. They are especially attracted to tubular-shaped flowers and reds, oranges and yellows are favored flower colors.

Check out plant recommendations below.

Lime Sizzler™ Firebush | Hamelia patens 'Grelmsiz' Lime Sizzler Firebush
Dwarf Firebush | Hamelia patens 'Compacta' Dwarf Firebush
Mealy Cup Sage | Salvia farinacea Salvia farinacea
Mexican Honeysuckle | Justicia spicigera Mexican Honeysuckle
Flame Acanthus | Anisacanthus quadrifidus 'var. wrightii' Flame Acanthus
lemon beebalm Lemon Beebalm
Bat Face Cuphea | Cuphea llavea 'Bat Face' Bat Face Cuphea
Graffiti® Rose Star Flower | Pentas lanceolata 'Graffiti Rose' Pentas
Firecracker Fern | Russelia esquisetformis Firecracker Fern
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Hummingbird feeders are a great way to attract hummingbirds to your yard. They have specialized tongues that enable them to suck the nectar out of flowers, and their high metabolism requires a high sugar diet. We have a wide selection of feeders you can choose from which vary in size, shape, and design.

Hummingbirds love to feed off of the nectar of hummingbird feeders. Hummingbird food is a liquid that can be used to help attract hummingbirds to your yard or garden. Hummingbirds are creatures of habit, and they like to visit the same place they’ve visited before. If you use hummingbird food in your feeders, they will come back more often, and if you offer them more than food, they will stay.


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