Another favorite area is the Chaste Tree. It is a small ornamental tree with spikes of violet flowers, similar to a Butterfly Bush. The hummingbirds and butterflies love it. Near the corner of the deck is an enormous crepe myrtle that is also a hummingbird magnet. Its pink flowers do not contain nectar but the tree is dense, giving shade as well as place to nest in the spring.
Crepe myrtles seem to attract the tiny insects that hummingbirds eat for protein.
This is the tree where my female hummer with an attitude loves to perch, surveying her kingdom. But all is not well in her kingdom. August and September in Texas bring 100 degree heat and sometimes drought conditions. The weather browns and dries up many of the wildflowers where the bees and yellow jackets normally feed. So the battles of the bees and hummingbirds begin.