That's so neat Pam! I have noticed the cicadas are particularly loud this summer. I thought I was imagining it since last year around memorial weekend we had the 17 year cicadas and they sounded like martians . I'm not sure about the heucheras they pretty much finished blooming last week coral bells right? My obedient flowers haven't started to bloom yet I think the white bloom first then the pink.Here they like the salvia discolor and cardinal flower. Sarah

Sounds like it was saying thank you for planting this nice garden just for me.. What a great experience!

Sarah, yes coral bells. I would like to get a few more for next year hoping there are coral bells that rebloom. I really like obedient plant. I don't know which white variety I have, but I don't think it is Miss Manners. It started blooming about 10 days ago. I am thinking of get the variegated one for next year. It has lilac/pink flowers. Roberta, I am busy planning for next year to make it better. I am definitely going to get more B&B. Thanks.
Pam

I have never heard of coral bells reblooming. The late blooming heucheras have white flowers and are hybrids of mostly eastern heuchera species. They don't seem to attract hummingbirds. Since we don't know what you're yard is like, as in how much shade, it's hard to know which late summer plants to recommend. Here at my house the coral bells have nearly ended, as have other mid summer plants like tiger lily and croscosmia. While all the salvias bridge pretty well thru this time of year, only the coccineas and uliginosa are in heavy bloom. In full sun a good choice would be cypress vine and its hybrid cousin cardinal climber. The 15 foot long trellis in the veggie garden becomes the focus of activity in August, or more accurately morning activity since the flowers are done by early afternoon. In a shadier situation the cypress vine could be replaced with coral honeysuckle. That vine continues to put out flowers up until frost, although not at the early summer rate.

After all that, you get no help with reblooming coral bells.

Pam sounds like you are really enjoying your hummingbirds. I am too. When I am outside working I either see them or hear the chattering a way in the trees and bushes.

LOL, I am looking for reblooming coral bells because I have three beds on the east, south and west of my property which are shade and part shade. They are shaded by my three neighbors' large maple and pin oak trees. The two on the east and west get sunnier as they come toward my house. I have 30 different varieties of hostas in these beds along with astilbe, ferns and right now just a few coral bells. I also have 5 different lacecap hyrangeas which I adore. I wish the hummers liked them also. I have full sun beds around the house on the south and west. My crocosmia is just beggining to bloom now but it was just planted here in the spring. I do have a spot for the honeysuckle. Thanks for the info on coccineas and uliginosa.

Pam