Blue spike of small flowers ID plse.

Or i must wait till spring at the nursery.
image below

thks
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Cannot be sure... but it looks like Linaria purpurea. Common name Purple Toadflax.( In also comes in a pink and white flower)


http://images.google.com/images?q=l...esult_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQsAQwAA

http://www.floralimages.co.uk/plinarpurpu.htm

 

Agree with Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea.

Interesting to see a Rufous Hummingbird using it, as where it is native, Purple Toadflax is a bee-pollinated plant.

 

This is another of my favourite plants. Once you have it, it just seeds around.

Super pic here....

http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/nature_200_146.htm

 

Yes, that's it.
Hard to see, sorry, as the hummy's wings do make it tough to get both in focus & i haven't taken any of just this plant which grows in my garden, going thru the colour changes as it seeds itself.
Also tough enough to grow wild, without watering in a very dry summer, about 20' from the beach in a parking lot. It was dumped by a local years ago and continues on.

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