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tall, covered with this vine and its orange, trumpet-shaped, flowers. In July hummingbirds buzzed around the vine and hung motionless in front of its three-inch blooms. I suppose the tiny birds were slipping nectar; more likely they were searching for microscopic insects that provide protein. Hummingbirds have to consume 200 percent of their own weight each day to keep their little motors going. It’s my guess that hummingbirds transfer pollen from one trumpet-creeper flower to another. In that way it pays the vine for its constant supply of nectar and protein. Nature usually works this way, a give and take arrangement. * The trumpet-creeper is native to the southern states but has been planted as an ornamental as far north as New England. As far as I am concerned, a beautiful plant that attracts visiting hummingbirds is no “pest”. Besides that, the vine has such a long
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