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Contents
Tony's Talks
Tony's Book
Exploration Logs
- About
- Mexico, 1994
- China, 1996
- Korea, 1997
- Southeast US, 1998
- Texas, 1998
- North Carolina, 1999
- Argentina, 2002
- Hawaii, 2003
- Holland and Belgium, 2004
- Arizona, 2004
- South Africa, 2005
- Vietnam and Thailand, 2005
- Taiwan, 2008
Plant Articles
- About the Articles
- Arisaema, Arisaema, Arisaema
- Baptisia - Revenge of the Redneck Lupines
- Bizarre Plants Only a Mother Could Love
- Building a Pitcher Plant Bog
- Cacti in the Southeast
- Crape Murder - The Unkind Cut
- Cutting Thru The Jungle-Native Plants Myths and Realities
- Dear Deer, We're Closed for Dinner
- Fragrant Hostas
- Fuel Sources for your Hummer
- Gardening in the Shade
- Gardening With Hardy Tropicals
- Hellebores, Hellebores,
Hellebores
- Highlights From Tony's First Visit to England
- Hosta Breeders and Other Strangers
- Hosta, Hosta, Hosta
- Hostas for Warm Climates
- If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Garden
- Leaves that Light Up the Garden - Variegated Plants
- Meatballs, Save Them for Spaghetti
- Organi-size Your Garden
- Palm Hardiness Report
- Paul Aden Hosta Introductions and Breeding
- Plant Delights Nursery Hosta Breeding Program
- Plant Hardiness and Mapping Out a Strategy
- Pulmonaria, Pulmonaria, Pulmonaria
- Soils and Soil Preparation
- Stop the Crape Murder!
- Tony's Planting Tips
- Tony's Top Ten Hosta Myths
- The Trademark Myth
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Fuel Sources for your
ummer
Prepared by Plant Delights Nursery (www.plantdelights.com)
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
919.772.4794
If you'd like to attract more hummers to your garden, we hope the list below
will prove useful. As a rule, hummers are attracted to bright flowers that
are good nectar (fuel) sources. With enough of these in your garden, you're
sure to get a good buzz going.
Abutilon species and hybrids (Flowering Maple)
Agapanthus sp. And cultivars (Lily-of-the-Nile)
Agastache sp. and cultivars (Hyssop)
Agave sp. and cultivars (Century Plant)
Ajuga sp. and cultivars (Bugleweed)
Alcea rugosa (Hollyhock)
Alstroemeria sp. and cultivars (Princess Lilies)
Anisacanthus wrightii (Texas Firecracker)
Aquilegia sp. and cultivars (Columbine)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
Begonia sp. (Hardy Begonia)
Bouvardia ternifolia (Hummingbird Flower)
Buddleia sp and hybrids (Butterfly Bush)
Campanula sp. and hybrids (Bellflower)
Canna sp. and small flowered hybrid (Canna Lily)
Cestrum parqui and hybrids (Willow-leaf Jessamine)
Chelone sp. and hybrids (Turtlehead)
Clematis sp. and cultivars (Clematis)
Crocosmia sp. and hybrids (Montbretia)
Cuphea micropetala (Cigar Plant)
Dahlia sp. and hybrids (Dahlia)
Dianthus sp. and cultivars (Pinks)
Dicentra eximia and hybrids (Bleeding Heart)
Dicliptera suberecta (Hummingbird Plant)
Digitalis sp. and hybrids (Foxglove)
Echinacea sp. and hybrids (Coneflower)
Echinocereus sp. (Claret Cup Cactus)
Erythrina herbacea (Coral Bean)
Fuchsia sp. and hybrids (Fuchsia)
Gentiana septemfida (Gentian)
Gladiolus sp. and hybrids (Gladiolus)
Gloxinia nematanthodes (Hardy Gloxinia)
Grevillea sp. and hybrids (Grevillea)
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Hesperaloe parviflora (False Red Yucca)
Heuchera 'Paris' (Coral Bells)
Hibiscus sp. and hybrids (Mallow)
Hosta sp. and cultivars (Hosta)
Iris sp. and cultivars (Iris)
Kniphofia sp. and hybrids (Red Hot Poker)
Lantana sp. and cultivars (Lantana)
Lepechinia hastata (False Salvia)
Liatris sp. and hybrids (Gayflower)
Lobelia sp. and hybrids (Cardinal Flower)
Malvaviscus drummondii and hybrids (Turk's Cap)
Manettia cordifolia
Monarda 'Peter's Purple' (Bee Balm)
Nepeta sp. and hybrids (Catnip)
Nicotiana glauca (Tree Tobacco)
Opuntia sp. (Prickly Pear)
Penstemon sp and hybrids (Beardtongue)
Phlox sp. and cultivars (Phlox)
Physostegia sp. (Obedient Plant)
Rosmarinus sp. and cultivars (Rosemary)
Salvia greggii, microphylla, regla, roemeriana, and hybrids (Sage)
Salvia guaranitica, S. leucantha, S. farinacea, S. nemorosa (Sage)
Silene virginica, S. regia (Fire Pink, Catchfly)
Silphium sp. (Rosinweed, Cup Plant)
Sinningia sellovii (Hummingbird Hardy Sinningia)
Solidago sp. (Goldenrod)
Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink)
Stachys coccinea (Betony)
Verbena sp. And cultivars (Vervain)
Vernonia sp. and cultivars (Ironweed)
Yucca sp. And cultivars (Soapwort)
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