SONORAN DESERT BALCONY GARDEN

Less than 24 hours after visiting the Four Arrows Garden, hummingbirds began enjoying nectar on our balcony.

I will definitely be bringing my wife Martha Luz to Four Arrows Garden as we NEED to BLESS the  hummingbirds with a delightful variety of sweet nectar.

My first experience in Corona de Tucson was awesome as  I saw hummingbirds descend from a tree to enjoy the wonderful garden right before my eyes!

I immediately purchased . . .

DALLAS RED LANTANA

RUSSIAN SAGE

TECOMA BELLS OF FIRE

What plants do I see on the Four Arrows Garden Website that are filled with scrumptious nectar that hummingbirds crave?

CAPE HONEYSUCKLE

FIRECRACKER PLANT

LANTANA LAVENDER ICE

MEXICAN HONEYSUCKLE

PURPLE LANTANA

SAFARI ALOE

TECOMA ORANGE JUBILEE

WINTER BLAZE EMU BUSH

DECISIONS. DECISIONS. DECISIONS.

I do not think that ALL of them will fit on our balcony but I am excited to make a vibrantly colorful hummingbird paradise that my wife & I will enjoy on a daily basis!

What kind of hummingbirds will be dining on nutritious yet sumptuous nectar from our balcony garden?

 SONORAN DESERT HUMMINGBIRDS

WHAT'S MISSING?

A SOLAR BIRD BATH FOUNTAIN!

I recently created the 

Heart of Tucson & I may need to write something similar expressing that the Crown of Tucson for pollinator flowers, plants & succulents is:

Four Arrows Garden

16335 S Houghton Road

Corona de Tucson, AZ  85641

ACE Hardware Plaza

Open Tuesday through Saturday

9:00 am — 1:00 pm

Closed Sunday & Monday

520-841-5888

FourArrowsGarden.com

Four Arrows Garden email

Four Arrows Garden Facebook

Four Arrows Garden Instagram

PlantPop Film Four Arrows Garden

SONORAN DESERT HUMMINGBIRDS

Allen's Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Berylline Hummingbird

Black-Chinned Hummingbird

Blue-Throated Hummingbird

Blue-Throated Mountain-Gem

Broad-Billed Hummingbird

Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Bumblebee Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Costa's Hummingbird

Lucifer Hummingbird

Magnificent Hummingbird 

Plain-Capped Starthroat

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Violet-Crowned Hummingbird

White-Eared Hummingbird

Hosting a hummingbird pool party  would be awesome!

Click on the link below & any stress within you will be washed away!

Hummingbird Pool Party

The view from our Balcony Garden is BABAD DO'AG aka FROG MOUNTAIN. 

A journey to the summit is filled with spectacular vistas that soothe our aches & pains.

ROSE CANYON LAKE will refresh you emotionally. 

The people of SUMMERHAVEN will bless you with their kindness. 

Enjoy a meal at the IRON DOOR RESTAURANT with hummingbirds & a view of MOUNT LEMMON SKI VALLEY.

Hiking in MARSHALL GULLY will invigorate you physically.

Nature helps us to relax allowing us to rejuvenate spiritually.

AGUA CALIENTE PARK is an OASIS for hummingbirds & people in the  SONORAN DESERT east of S-CUK ṢON with a stunningly beautiful lake view of BABAD DO’OG.

HUMMINGBIRDS FACTS

Can't walk or hop.

Weigh less than a nickel.

Egg is the size of a jellybean.

Nest is the size of a half dollar.

They visit 1,000+ flowers every day.

Consume double its body weight every day.

Drink nectar by moving tongue in & out 13 times per second. 

Know how long each flower takes to rejuvenate its nectar, from several minutes to 24 hours.

Flap their wings like a helicopter 12 to 80 beats per second.

Heartbeat in flight is up to 53 beats per second which is 3,180 per minute.

Flocks are called a bouquet, a glittering, a hover, a shimmer, or a tune.

Makes nest with spider silk & other natural resources which expand as babies grow.

At night they go into a hibernation state called torpor & their heart rate can be as low as 250 beats per minute.

Hummingbirds fly & hover like a helicopter: backward or forward, up or down, & even upside down!