European Gardening: The only Hummers here..., 1 by philomel

philomel wrote:
I love hummingbirds and have seen a few in the West Indies and Belize, but we don't have any in europe.
When I lived in Kent we had just a few hummingbird hawk moths each summer, but here in the south of France there are oodles of them. They particularly seem to like Valerian and lavender. It almost makes up for the lack of Hummingbirds (*g*)
I just love all the moths and butterflies
Which ones do you get a lot of in your area?