Rather than feed them sugar, plant the perennials that they enjoy. The hummers love reds and pinks. Monarda, (Bee Balm) is a favorite. I want to provide for the wildlife, but I don’t want them to be dependent on me and they are very beautiful gracing your garden.
The RQSR is an arboretum, a botanical garden if you will as it is. We have flowering everything everywhere. Thanks for the thoughts though. We have six two pint feeders going in the late Winter, Spring, and Summer, and two during the Fall, and early Winter.
The majority of the consumption during the six months from Late Winter through Summer is by 100’s of Hooded Orioles up from Mexico mooching at the Hummingbird feeders. They go back to Mexico every September, and return every March.