If hummingbirds are guidance transparent of your backyard, planting a ‘Twilight’ crepe myrtle is certain to convey them again. ‘Twilight’ cultivars have a protracted summer season blooming length. They flower for over two months, beginning in early June, retaining hungry hummers round during the summer season and neatly into the autumn. Plus, hummingbirds gravitate towards brightly coloured plants like red and crimson, one thing ‘Twilight’ crepe myrtles have in abundance. Crepe myrtles do not simply draw in hummingbirds, both. Bugs like wood worker bees, butterflies, and smaller insects that hummingbirds love to devour come for the nectar and pollen. Crepe myrtles are frequently the big name decorative in a lawn, particularly when the tree is well observed from a window or whilst sitting on a porch or patio. That, by the way, makes for excellent hummingbird gazing! What is extra, the spindly twigs of the crepe myrtle are liked perches for hummingbirds guarding close by feeders.
There are different causes to plant a ‘Twilight’ crepe myrtle outdoor of excellent appears and beauty to pollinators, hummingbirds incorporated. The cultivar is exceedingly drought tolerant and proof against maximum commonplace crepe myrtle sicknesses and pests, together with powdery mould and Cercospora leaf spot. You continue to want to be careful for the crepe myrtle aphid, although. Herbivorous mammals — taking a look at you, deer and rabbit — may not be tempted to have a nibble, both. For people that shouldn’t have in-ground area, ‘Twilight’ additionally does lovely neatly in (admittedly huge) bins.
