Plants humming birds are attracted to?

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Specifically I'm looking for the name of a plant (bush?) with purple flowers, about 6-8 feet tall.
There is one down the street that is blooming now (Dec. Southern Calif) , I saw a humming bird feeding off it.
There are 50-100 tiny purple flowers crowding around the tips of branches sticking up.
Small leaves, little or no fragrance. Help me please.

WENDYCAT · Accepted Answer

I'm in northern CA and I'm thinking "Mexican Sage".  http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7_____en&um=1&sa=1&q=mexican+sage&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g1&start=0  The only thing is that it gets to be about 4 feet here.
Or, maybe it's "Spanish Lavender" http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7_____en&um=1&sa=1&q=spanish+lavender&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0 The only thing is it's about 4 feet too or "Pride of Madera" http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7_____en&um=1&sa=1&q=Pride+of+Madera&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0  Now it's pretty tall.  Ours isn't blooming yet but you are in a warmer area,  hope I helped.  The hummers love all three!

jean ann j · Answer

The flowers might be gesneriaceae.  You can see some of them by clicking the flower below.

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hummingbird

Plants humming birds are attracted to?

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