Ken: Thank you for taking the time to reply, your comments are most interesting, Cheers, John E. Bryan Kenneth Hixson wrote: > > John: > >Have any of you noticed birds paying attention or attracted to other > >flowering bulbs? > Hummingbirds migrate into this area in April, are around for a > short while, then seem to disappear. They reappear in June, presumably > after raising their families for the year. They are resident in the garden > from June until fall. The real attractants here are Butterfly bush (Buddleia) > and hardy fuchsia, F. magellanica. Fuchsia hybrids draw little attention > in this garden-and I have quite a few. > Alstroemeria psittacina is patrolled regularly--every few minutes- > here, and is growing in a bed without summer water. Dr Salter Hybrids > do not receive attention, perhaps because they flower earlier, when the > hummers are elsewhere? > Mirabilis, growing with the Alstroemeria, are ignored. Montbretia > (Crocosmia hybrids) are visited a little--I think the hummers do not like > being that close to the ground. Crocosmia 'Lucifer' is taller but doesn't > seem to draw the attention I expected. > Kniphofia, red hot pokers, various species and hybrids do not draw as > much attention as expected. > I don't grow many cannas, but in other gardens they seem to > draw regular visits. > One key would seem to be that something is available all season, > and bulbs which bloom and are done, are not as attractive. > > Ken Z7 Pacific North West > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php