Texas Gardening: Hummingbird question, 1 by BajaBlue

BajaBlue wrote:
Fpr starters, hummers are
most attracted to the colors
red, orange, purple and
stromg (hot) pink.

They love tubular shaped blossoms
(works best with their beaks).

Amd OF COURSE flowers MUST
have good and viable nectar or they
wont even bother with them - after
all, nectar is their main food source.

Here is a pic of Aloe mzimbana
flowers. a popular plant with
hummers

Aloe mzimbana (60 cm) with dense
and curved flowers



Aloe mzimbana fleurs 1.jpg (67.47 KiB) Viewed 281 times
Aloe mzimbana plante 1.jpg (133.78 KiB) Viewed 281 times

Regards
Philippe Richaud
Le Cannet
France

This message was edited Apr 30, 2012 8:45 PM