Tag: Iochroma coccinea

Study View

The small north garden has become a favorite bird habitat. The spiky foreground plants are asparagus ferns. The orange flowers are Iochroma coccinea, beloved of hummingbirds, and perching…

Calendrinia spectabilis, Stipa arundinacea, Iochroma coccinea

Mystery hummingbird

The iochroma is flowering, and that means the hummingbirds are back. I like to photograph them, in part because this particular iochroma is right outside my study window, and…

Kitten Habitat

Dormeuse, amas doré d’ombres et d’abandons … — Paul Valéry (The sleeper, a golden mass of shadows and abandonments …) Thanks to the neighborhood cat lady, we have an…

Hummingbird and Iochroma

This hummingbird loves the iochroma. Iochroma is a Central or South American plant unrelated to fuschia but similar in appearance. The flowers can be blue, purple, red, yellow,…