>Here in coastal Northern California, Anna's Hummingbirds are year round >residents and Allen's Hummingbirds are seasonal visitors. The Anna's >are regular visitors, if not residents of my garden. > >As for bulbs (tubers, etc) that attract hummers: I have an orange >flowered, summer blooming Watsonia that I have lost the name of which >attracts hummingbirds during its 3-4 weeks of bloom. The tall Cannas >in my garden (C. glauca 'Ra' and C. 'Red Stripe') are regularly visted, >especially at dusk. I can't say that I've seen hummers visiting my >Agapanthus inapertus or the Hedychium (which arrived without a name). > >The garden has many plants that attract hummingbirds which are not >bulbs: Salvia regla is just beginning to bloom; Salvia africana 'Aurea' >gets visited while in bloom in late winter/early spring; Aloe nobilis >is just finishing bloom; some Dykias which arrived un-named from some >friends seem very attractive to hummers while blooming in July; >Camellias in winter; Fuchsia regia attracts hummers from summer to >early winter; then there's that annoying but very pretty weed, >Impatiens balfouri which gets visits often; Abutilons seem to be >visited regularly as well. I know there must be more, but I can't >think of the other hummingbird attractors just now. > >Brook Klehm >Cool USDA 9 (but with enough heat to get Cannas and one (un-named) >Hedychium to bloom. If I ever figure out the wiki, I would love to >send in a photo of the Hedychium to see if anyone was familiar with it. > Of the four Hedychiums growing in this garden, it is the only one >which has ever bloomed. It seems more cool tolerant (less heat >demanding) but more cold insensitive than the others.) > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php -- susan, who is..... owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Gracie the Rhodesian, Pup-Quiz the Basenji and their Basenji brother, Jones.... on the North Coast of CA, USA susanann@sbcglobal.net, copyright 2005