Jan
I am in western NY between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. They have been within a few miles all around me since the 3rd. week in April. I saw my first one of the season today. I have two new dwarf red buckeyws (neither one is blooming but one is starting to leaf out. I have native columbine that is about to bloom. I have two gartenmeister bonstedt fuchsias that I overwintered that are in bloom I have 4 feeders out I have 3 bleeding hearts in full bloom 4 salvia coccineas in bloom and a large basket of trailing verbena in bloom, 1 azalea in full bloom. a rhododendron close to bloom and a weigelia tha hasn't bloomed yet. Behind me is a large wooded lot and our neighborhood has oodles of trees and shrubs. THere is a long creek across the blvd. I have a bird bath and a container water feature. All I can tell you is that they will come to where the environment can support their needs. There are still a lot of areas that they have yet to reach so hang in there.

Penny

Penny -Where did you get your dwarf horse chestnut? Went to our garden center and they wanted $200 for a 5 footer. I need something smaller and cheaper. Went to another nursery and they only had the one that grows to 40' for $149. I'm looking for the pavia..... Are you warmer there where you are? The greenhouses here are just starting annuals-couldn't even find gartenmeister fuschia. Jan

Jan,
I found one red buckeye (Eastern Red Buckeye - the taller one) here at a local nursery which was about 5ft. tall and they wanted 50 or 60 dollars for it. I got two on ebay for $3.99 plus shipping. Mine are still small one is about 2 1/2 ft. and the other is about 3 to 3 1/2 ft. I have them growing in containers until I have a big dead maple removed and then i will plant one in sthat area and another somewhere else. The dwarf variety is a Tenn. native and considered a southern or south eastern red buckeye and hardy to zone 5 or 6. The larger one is hardy to zone 4. I checked with the seller that I got mine from and she is sold out. I think she sold over 100.

I think our temps here along Lake Erie and the Niagara River are pretty close to your temps. This week we were in the mid 70's and yesterday we hit 81 but today and for the next 7 days it will be back into the 60's and raining off and on . Some of our local garden centers just opened last week-end and still don't have a lot of annuals out yet. I am going to one this morning to try and get some for a hanging basket or two for my hummer that just arrived yesterday evening.
I managed to find 2 gartenmeister fuchsias last year on Mother's Day in very small pots so I grabbed them and now
I take cuttings of my gartenmeister fuchsia so that they are ready to go out in spring. right now I have 12 that need to be potted up but aren't blooming yet. They should be ready to bloom in a couple of weeks.

Penny

Could not mail you, so here is my suggestion.
Why not look around your area and find a Horse Chestnut tree, gather some of the horse chectnuts in the Fall, plant them, and it will cost you nothing. Yes! it will not be a dwarf, but it will cost you a great deal less.

I am also in southern NH I saw a male hummer fly down to my feeder and quickly fly away on May 4th. I couldn't remember how long it had been since I changed it so I changed it right after hoping he'd be back. I didn't see him again. Then on May 7th I saw a female or fledgling actually feeding and perch on the hanger then fly into a nearby tree. Again the feeder was due to be changed so I changed it again. However I didn't see the hummer again. That's been it so far. You and I may of had hummers we haven't seen though. Just keep the feeders fresh for them and with luck you'll see one soon! With all the rain we've been having I've neglected my feeder for a week! I filled it this morning hoping with the slight break in the rain I might see one. I just ordered a red rain guard online, I can't wait to get it. Hopefully murphy's law will kick in with it's arrival and will bring the departing of all this rain!
If you didn't already know, keep the feeders changed every 2-3 days. I did not do this my first two attempts at hanging feeders and never saw a hummer.

When the weather is as cool as it has been in the northeast, you don't have to change them that often yet. I change mine right now twice a week as the temps are in the 50's and 60's during the day. Once it warms up I will change them more frequently.

Penny

hello i want to get some hummers i put out a feeder and have a haning red million bells and red ribbon but no hummers what do i do i live in NC

You will find lots of info here. There is a little more to attracting hummers than a feeder and a basket of flowers especially if you aren't in their flight patter. It took me over 10 years to attract them when i moved from Louisiana to NY. It can be as much or as little work as you are willing to put into it but it is worth it.

Penny

i did not see much thear can you tell me what else to my grandpa in ny just put a feeder out and gets theam

Sarah there is lots of info on that site and people who are very knowledgeable with regards to hummers and plants. There is even a liceensed bander who has helped a lot of us with regards to plants, hummer bahavior and migration information. There are several people there from NC also.

Penny