| HUMMINGBIRD INFO |
| WEB
SITES: |
| Hummingbirds.Net |
| The Hummingbird Society |
| Hinterland
Who's Who - Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Journey North - Follow the Ruby-throated
Hummingbird Migration |
| Detailed
Info Re: Hummingbirds of Canada: Anna'a Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird |
| Hummer Bird Study Group |
| Selection of Hummingbird Photos |
| List of the World's Hummingbird Species |
| "For The Birds" Nature Shop (Mahone Bay, NS -- hummingbird feeders & other bird supplies, including the HumZinger feeder) |
| OTHER INFORMATION: |
| Hummingbird
Plants for the Garden |
| The Birding Sites of Nova Scotia |
| Birds of
Nova Scotia on-line version of Robie Tufts' classic book |
| Nova Scotia Bird Society |
| The Nova Scotia Rare Bird Alert |
| The Birds of Winter in Nova Scotia |
| MARITIMES NATURE TRAVEL CLUB |
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Gardening Zones |
| Anise Hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | Zone 7 - 11 |
| Autumn sage | Salvia greggii | Zone 7 - 10 |
| Bee Balm | Monarda | Zone 4 - 8 |
| Bergamot | Monarda | Zone 4 - 8 |
| Bird of Paradise | Caesalpinia gilliesii | Zone 8 - 11 |
| Bishop's hat | Epimedium grandiflorum | Zone 4 - 9 |
| Bleeding heart | Dicentra spectabilis | Zone 3 - 8 |
| Bottlebush | Callistemon citrinus | Zone 8 - 10 |
| Butterfly Bush | Buddleia | Zone 5 - 9 |
| Butterfly weed | Asclepias tuberosa | Zone 3 - 10 |
| Cannas | Canna | Zone 8 - 10 |
| Cape fuchsia | Phygelius capensis | Zone 7 - 9 |
| Cape honeysuckle | Tecomaria capensis | Zone 8 - 10 |
| Cardinal climber | Ipomoea multifida | Zone 6 - 11 |
| Cardinal flower | Lobelia | Zone 2 - 8 |
| Chaste tree | Vitex agnus-castus | Zone 7 - 9 |
| Cleveland sage | Salvia clevelandii | Zone 8 - 11 |
| Columbines | Aquilegia | Zone 3 - 9 |
| Comfrey | Symphytum | Zone 5 - 10 |
| Coral bells | Heuchera | Zone 3 - 8 |
| Coral honeysuckle | Lonicera sempervirens | Zone 4 - 10 |
| Cross vine | Bignonia capreolata | Zone 6 - 10 |
| Cypress vine | Ipomoea quamoclit | Zone 6 - 11 |
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Gardening Zones |
| Day lily | Hemerocallis | Zone 3 - 8 |
| Delphinium | Delphinium | Zone 3 - 7 |
| Double Bubblemint | Agastache cana | Zone 5 - 9 |
| Egyptian star | Penta | Zone 9 - 11 |
| Firebush | Hamelia patens | Zone 8 - 11 |
| Firecracker Plant | Russelia equisetiformis | Zone 5 - 9 |
| Fireweed | Epilobium augustifolium | Zone 3 - 9 |
| Flowering Maple | Abutilon | Zone 9 - 11 |
| Four o'clocks | Mirabilis jalapa | Zone 8 - 11 |
| Foxglove | Digitalis | Zone 4 - 8 |
| Fuchsia | Fuchsia lycioides | Zone 9 - 11 |
| Gay feather | Liatris | Zone 3 - 8 |
| Giant Hummingbird Mint | Agastache barberi | Zone 4 - 8 |
| Gladiolus | Gladiolus | Zone 5 - 8 |
| Glossy Abelia | Abelia grandifora | Zone 5 - 10 |
| Hollyhocks | Alcea rosea | Zone 3 - 7 |
| Honeysuckle | Lonicera | Zone 4 - 10 |
| Horsemint | Monarda fistulosa | Zone 4 - 8 |
| Hosta | Hosta | Zone 3 - 8 |
| Impatiens | Impatiens | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Indian Paintbrush | Castilleja | Zone 6 - 9 |
| Ipomopsis | Ipomopsis | Zone 4 - 11 |
| Iris | Iris | Zone 6 - 9 |
| Jewelweed | Impatiens | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Kalanchoe | Kalanchoe | Zone 9 - 11 |
| Lantana | Lantana | Zone 8 - 11 |
| Larkspur | Delphinium | Zone 3 - 7 |
| Liatris | Liatris | Zone 3 - 8 |
| Lilac | Syringa vulgaris | Zone 3 - 8 |
| Lily of the Nile | Agapanthus orientalis | Zone 6 - 8 |
| Mexican Cigar | Cuphea ignea | Zone 9 - 11 |
| Mexican giant hyssop | Agastache mexicana | Zone 8 - 11 |
| Mexican sage | Salvia leucantha | Zone 8 - 11 |
| Mexican sunflower | Tithonia rotundifolia | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Milkweed, Butterfly | Asclepias tuberosa | Zone 3 - 10 |
| Milkweed, Mexican | Asclepias curassavica | Zone 7 - 10 |
| Nasturtiums | Tropaeolum | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Obedient plant | Physostegia virginiana | Zone 2 - 9 |
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Gardening Zones |
| Pagoda Plant | Clerodendrum speciosissimum | Zone 10 - 11 |
| Penstemon | Penstemon | Zone 4 - 7 |
| Penta | Penta | Zone 9 - 11 |
| Peruvian lily | Alstroemeria psittacina | Zone 6 - 8 |
| Phlox | Phlox | Zone 4 - 8 |
| Pineapple sage | Salvia elegans | Zone 9 - 11 |
| Plaintain lily | Hosta | Zone 3 - 8 |
| Red hot poker | Kniphofia uvaria | Zone 5 - 11 |
| Red mint | Stachys coccinea | Zone 7 - 11 |
| Red Morning Glory | Ipomoea coccinea | Zone 2 - 11 |
| Red sage | Salvia splendens | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Red Star Hibiscus | Hibiscus coccineus | Zone 6 - 11 |
| Red Yucca | Hesperaloe parviflora | Zone 5 - 8 |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron | Zone 4 - 11 |
| Rose of Sharon | Hibiscus syriacus | Zone 5 - 9 |
| Salvia | Salvia | various |
| Scarlet runner bean | Phaseolus coccineus | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Scarlet sage | Salvia coccinea | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Shrimp plant | Justicia brandegeana | Zone 9 - 10 |
| Skyrocket | Ipomopsis | Zone 4 - 11 |
| Snapdragon | Antirrhinum majus | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Snapdragon vine | Asarina antirrhinifolia | Zone 9 - 10 |
| Soapwort | Saponaria ocymoides | Zone 2 - 9 |
| Sword lily | Gladiolus | Zone 5 - 8 |
| Texas betony | Stachys coccinea | Zone 7 - 11 |
| Texas sage | Salvia coccinea | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Tree tobacco | Nicotiana glauca | Zone 1 - 11 |
| Tritoma | Kniphofia uvaria | Zone 5 - 11 |
| Trumpet vine | Campsis radicans | Zone 4 - 9 |
| Turk's Cap | Malvaviscus | Zone 8 - 12 |
| Yellow Bells | Tecoma stans | Zone 9 - 11 |
| Zinnia | Zinnia | Zone 1 - 11 |