"Top Ten" EXOTIC HUMMINGBIRD PLANTS

[ponto]

#1: Pineapple Sage, Salvia elegans

#2: Giant Blue Sage, Salvia guaranitica

#3: Cypress Vine, Ipomoea quamoclit

#4: Shrimp Plant, Justicia brandegeana

#5: Mimosa, or Silktree, Albizia julibrissin

#6: Shrub Verbena, Lantana camara

#7: Butterfly Bush, Buddleja davidii. also spelled Buddleia

#8: Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus

#9: Common Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea

#10: Cigar Plant, Cuphea ignea

Can you guess which plant listed is the one in the attached pictured?

In Maysville you can look for the Ruby-throated hummingbird from April to September.

After that, you should remove your feeders so the birds can head south for the winter.

If you see a solid white hummingbird, this is a very rare occurrence.

[maysvillebulldog]

Thanks for the good information and the picture is of a Rose of Sharon.

[ponto]

Thanks for the good information and the picture is of a Rose of Sharon.


Correct on the Rose of Sharon...............

[kcredden]

Thanks! I've got my list of common plants here:

Trumpet Vine
Cardinal vine
Morning glory

All growing at the house

- Kc

[frogg]

White hummingbird like this one? We were blessed to have two white ones visit our feeders (in Tollesboro) during 2003 season.

[kcredden]

Whoa...very pretty! I've never seen such. I'm guessing it's a gene variation like white - white-tail deer. Not albinos, but just deer with a pure white coat. Duke Warehouse's private zoo had one before it was closed. She was a real sweetheart and quite beautiful.

I just did a Google search, and found this: http://www.rubythroat.org/AlbinoMain.html

and the name of a white hummingbird, that's not albinos are: Leucistic

Makes me wonder now, if there is a melanostic hummingbirds? (Pure black)

- Kc

White hummingbird like this one? We were blessed to have two white ones visit our feeders (in Tollesboro) during 2003 season.