The Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) vine that I started from a cutting taken down by the creek not only survived, it looks like it thrived and is putting on a spectacular show this spring.
It is absolutely covered in clusters of orange-red blooms.
My little sister told me the other day that she saw her first hummingbird of the year. I wondered if they'd find the honeysuckle, and if they did, would they nectar on the flowers. I was afraid maybe the flowers were too close to the ground, and a hummingbird might feel unsafe there.
But today as I wandered aimlessly around the back yard, looking at the plants there for the thousandth time, a hummingbird had found the vine and was moving from one flower cluster to the next.
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| Ruby-throated hummingbird, nectaring on the Coral Honeysuckle. |
If you plant it, they will come. It's how things are supposed to be.