Lantana camara Ham and Eggs Astrolepis appealing to hummingbirds

appealing to hummingbirds

open woodlands

The Mexican bush sage is so wonderful that northern gardeners grow it as a prized annual

Tricyrtis lasiocarpa makes a tight clump of 3' tall

The result is an amazing red-violet and white streaked pouch

Lantana camara Ham and Eggs Astrolepis appealing to hummingbirdsThanks to Bob Snyder for sharing this deer resistant hardy lantana he grows in his garden two hours west (colder) of PDN. Lantana 'Ham and Eggs' is an old, sterile cultivar that has been passed along in the Southeast for many years. Lantana 'Ham and Eggs' is topped from early summer until fall with flowers that open pink (RHS 73B) and then develop a central pattern of flowers which are cream with a golden eye a summer delight for hummingbirds.