Texas Gardening: Where have all the hummers gone?, 1 by ColibriGardener

ColibriGardener wrote:
Here's my sure fire hummer magnet. It's what we call here in Louisiana a Cry Baby Tree ( Erythrina Crista Galli). With Texas being next door, you shouldn't have any problems growing it. It's a native tree here and blooms in spring with a big flush and then sporatically through the summer and another flush in the fall. When this tree is blooming, you are sure to pull in any hummer that may be around, even if they are nesting. I've observed many a mating dance around this tree. This picture was taken a couple of years ago so the tree is much bigger now and trying to recover from being beat up by Hurricane Gustave. Most garden centers don't carry it unless they deal in native plants. I grew this one from seed many years ago. Right now, my tree is full of seed pods in case any one is interested.

Colibri Gardener