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Silvery, soft foliage on a shrubby, woody-based plants with narrow, flared, light salmon-pink flowers — a lovely combination, more demure than the bright orange Epilobiums. But hummingbirds appreciate them, too. Works well with rocks, gravel, slopes, and over walls.... Drought-tolerant but enjoys some summer water. Prune hard in late winter. Mature size:...

With delicate draping feathery silver foliage and bright red blooms 'Hollywood Flame' is reminiscent of a starlet sprawling on a chaise. She'll attract the fickle love of hummingbirds who never stay. But really, this perennial gets its name because it's native to the hills above Los Angeles. It has more of a sprawling...

Unique coral-pink flowers bloom mid-summer to frost against a backdrop of green foliage. This Epilobium makes a spreading ground cover 1 foot tall by 3 feet wide and prefers a well-drained site with minimal watering. Perfect for hummingbirds. Sometimes it is sold under the name of 'North Fork Coral'. Introduced by the good folks at...

'Catalina' is a vigorous orange-red bloomer from California's Channel Islands. Surfs up, hummers, you'll love this one! Silvery-grey foliage is dense under the tall flower spikes. Good drainage is always best for this genus, and they'll be drought-tolerant once established, but 'Catalina' will appreciate a little summer water — and who can...

Narrow silver leaves set off bright, flame-orange, tubular hummingbird lures from June until frost when they join the berries and fall leaves to color up the landscape before winter's arrival. Low but upright, and happily creeping. Minimum temperature: -10° F

Bright scarlet-orange, trumpet-shaped blooms in summer through fall will blanket the low, prostrate mound of fuzzy, silver-green leaves. Good drainage is always best for this genus, and they'll be drought-tolerant once established, but 'Cloverdale' will appreciate a little summer water. Mature size: 8 inches T & 2 ft W Minimum temperature: 0° F

An amazing red trumpet show in late summer blooms amongst greener leaves than some (some more gray-green). 1' T x 2' W weed-suppressing mat, perfect for any sunny, dry garden or over a walled terrace. This is a Siskiyou and Sierra Nevada native! Minimum temperature: 0° F

A silver-blue low-growing selection of California Fuchsia; possibly a cross between E. septentrionale and E. canum. Arching flower stems of glowing orange-red tubular flowers are a hummingbird delight in the late-summer garden. Grows best in full sun or light shade. For a handsome, tidy plant, cut foliage back in early spring. Good drainage is...

This northern California resident blooms early through mid-autumn. Vermillion-orange trumpets and silver-green leaves dazzle everyone, especially hummingbirds. Whew! It takes my breath away! This is a prime example, in the parlance of the art academy, of what is called "the interaction of color!" (Homage here to Joseph Albers) Its joyful in...

Late summer tubular blooms of red-orange cover a low, mounding, spreading, tough plant with small gray-green leaves. Good drainage is a good idea! Plant on a mound, bank, in a rock garden, or above a retaining wall and it will romp and cascade. This cultivar differentiates itself with broader rounded leaves than generally seen. Mature...

Pure white, narrow trumpet-shaped flowers, blooming late summer and into fall, are beautifully set against grey-green leaves. Very drougt-tolerant, it's perfect for sunny slopes, between boulders, in dry creek beds, or over rock walls. Mature size: 10 inches tall, spreads via rhizomes to form a ground-covering mat. Minimum temperature: -5° F

An upright plant with narrow gray leaves and fiery, vermillion flowers adored by hummingbirds, it loves our dry summers and a nice hot bank. For an exquisite interactive color combination, plant next to lavender Colchicum and you'll elicit audible gasps of delight. 2' x 2' Minimum temperature: 0° F

Low and spreading, this selection has green leaves with a silken grey covering that catches the dew, and bright orange, gorgeously blaring trumpets that hummingbirds endlessly delight in. Given a chance, it will cascade beautifully over a rock wall or edging. It is indeed drought-tolerant but will look more full with occasional summer...

Formerly considered an Epilobium, Chamaenerion angustifolium is commonly referred to as fireweed. Here in the Pacific Northwest, where it is native, it can be seen springing up in large forest burns. Against a dark background of charcoal, hot magenta flowers, reddish stems, and bright green narrow leaves quickly colonize into thickets....