So Audubon recently put together a new app for he phone- “Hummingbirds at Home”, to help track hummingbird movements and what they are using, by everyday people. It’s a cool tool for a ‘citezen science” movement, and I hope they expand it to be more useful and user friendly. Currently the plant selection is color and thumbprint based, though it does at least have the scientific name listed next to the common names. No search engine I can find, and no way to add new species, nothing obvious at least. But the app does at least give you three ways to record data- sit an watch for a while (which is what I’m doing now, while I write this), single visit summary, and a “nectar watch” for specific plants so you can record how much they visit a specific plant.
Of course, I have a couple things in my garden they are using that are not in their rather impressive plant data base, least I couldn’t find them.
Anyway, the app inspire me to give the garden notes here another go, so here is what’s blooming in the garden now-
Agastache cana
Allium cernuum
Allium schoenoprasum
Aquilegia formosa
Aquilegia hybrid
Aruncus dioicus
Bacopa monieri *
Begonia rex
Begonia x (tuberous) *
Bellis perennis
Bidens ferulifolia ‘Bee Alive’ *
Camassia leichtlinii ‘flora plena’
Camellia sasanqua ‘Kumasaka’
Campanula carpatica
Carex mertensiana
Centauria annua *
Chaenorrhinum origanum ‘Summer Skies’ *
Chrysanthemum partheniacum
Claytonia sibirica
Coreopsis nana
Cornus sericea ‘Hedgerow’s Gold’
Corydalus scouleri
Cuphea ignea
Cyclamen hybrids
Dahlia x ‘Mystic Wonder’ *
Dahlia hybrids *
Delphinium nuttalii
Delphinium trollifolium
Dianthus x ‘Supertrouper Lilac on White’
Dianthus x ‘Supertrouper Velvet Red’
Dianthus x ‘Supertrouper Velvet + White’ *
Dicentra formosa
Digitalis x ‘Raspberry Delight’
Eccremocarpus scaber
Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Profusion’
Erigeron philadelphicus
Fragaria (white fruited)
Fragaria vesca ‘Alba Dolce’
Fragaria vesca ‘Pineapple Crush’
Fragaria x ‘Shuksan’
Fuchsia magellanica ‘molinae’
Fuchsia triphylla ‘Mary’
Fuchsia x ‘Condor’ *
Fuchsia x ‘Billy Gene’
Fuchsia x ‘Marinka’ *
Fuchsia x ‘Pink Marshmallow’ *
Fuchsia x (pink) *
Geranium phaeum
Gerbera hybrids
Geum rivale
Huechera x sanguinea (pass along)
Impatiens hawkeri ‘Glow Yellow’
Iris hollandica
Iris japonica ‘Ledger’s Variety’
Lathyrus biflora
Linaria purpurea
Lonicera senpervirens ‘Major Wheeler’
Lunaria annua alba
Matthiola hybrid
Mimulus guttatus
Myosotis laxa
Oenanthe sarmentosa
Oxalis ‘Iron Cross’
Pelarginium hybrids *
Penstemon mexicalli ‘Red Rocks’
Penstemon serrulatus
Polygonatum biflora
Potentilla anserina
Primula obconica
Ranunculus repens
Rhododendron hybrid (red)
Rhododendron hybrid (fragrant white/pink blush- one flower left!)
Rosa chinensis mutabilis
Rosa gymnocarpa (full of bumbles! Haven’t seen this many bees till today actually, nice to see them back!)
Rosa hybrida ‘Bolero’
Rosa hybrida ‘Climbing Peace’
Rosa hybrida ‘Elizabeth’
Rubus leucodermis
Ruellia elegans
Salvia coccinea ‘Lady in Red’
Salvia coccinea ‘Brenthurst’
Salvia farinacea ‘East Friesland’
Salvia x ‘Amistad’
Salvia x ‘Ember’s Wish’
Salvia ‘Hotlips’
Sedum spathulifolium
Silene hookeri
Siningia x ‘Apricot Bouquet’
Sisyrinchium californicum
Sisyrinchium latifolium
Spiraea betulifolia
Tagetes signata *
Telling grandiflora
Thymus x ‘orange balsam’
Tiarella trifoliata
Tolmeia menziesii
Torenua hybrids
Trifolium albidum
Vaccinium ovatum
Vaccinium x ‘Sunshine’
Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’
Verbena hybrids
Viccia villosa
Viola cornuta hybrids (annual violets)- some are seedlings some store bought
Viola labradorica
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