Dear Brook: Appreciate your reply, I have made note of your comments, many thanks. Cheers, John E. Bryan Brook Klehm wrote: > > 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