I'm mostly growing the more traditional larger morning glories of various colors such as purple, blue, pink, etc,.

and also have one spot where I have a cardinal climber morning glory, Ipomoea x multifida, so that's the one which is the most similar flower-wise to yours...but it's very very rare to see a hummingbird in my neighborhood

Well, I also grow other mg''s, but I've noticed so many humming birds since I planted the Noah. In the past I refused to plant it because it reseeds like mad, but I'm finding that it's worth the time spent pulling out the extras. HEAVENLY blue is about my favorite. Another one is a large blue ruffelly one with varigated leaves. The seeds are the color of peanut butter. Its to die for, I've also grown Cardinal Climber, it's really charming! :)

Cool I think Heavenly blue is interesting but....while I like blues its a little to simple for me. Don't know the name but I have one that's a light blue with a light purplish/lavender center, and another one that's a deep dark blue flower with deep purple center and it's flower size is very large, then I have some pinks growing

I'd love to see a photo.

I'm trying to decide what vine(s) to grow next year because my Heavenly Blue morning glory hasn't bloomed yet and I really need something that will have more flowers for longer, for the bees and butterflies.

I'm most interested in knowing whether bees and butterflies like the Cardinal Climber morning glory. Can anyone report? I'd love to see hummingbirds but they're not so common in my city.

I see them on my Noah most days, but the Noah is very invasive, you have to be crazy about mg's to plant it, like myself. :)

Theparsley, if you aren't determined to plant only morning glories, check out scarlet runner beans.

I'm not at all set on morning glories. I'm fond of them, and find them easy to grow, but my fondness is much less when they don't produce flowers!

I have a really really small garden space and the fence where I grow vines is actually prime real estate because it gets more sun for more of the year than the rest of the plot. I want to maximize pollinator value over as much of the season as I can, and especially want to attract butterflies. I'm considering my options, annual and perennial, native and non-native. I'm also looking at Mexican Flame Vine and some other options.

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@theparsley, the cardinal climber i'm growing started flowering a little bit after my other morning glories started and the flower size is small.

But the upside is that once it starts going is that it has lots and lots of small red flowers, which kind of remind me of firecrackers, and they stay open almost all day, while my other morning glories fade and close around noon.

My plan for next year is too mix the cardinal climber with a purple or blue morning glory, that way there will be more variety of leaves and flowers that will pop since there kind of like opposite colors, and I'll end up with nice colorful larger flowers in the morning, with the cardinal flowers remaining open adding interest throughout the day after the other ones fade.

Heavenly Blues tend to bloom toward the end of summer, never reseeds for the next year. They attract hummers, also Hyacinth Bean Vine, Moon Vine, Scarlet Runner Bean. grow all of these. Nothing attracts like the Noah I have found.