I think we should try to tolerate others opinions in any discussion. And also , try not to be offended by the opinions of the others that do not concur with that of ours. IMO, Certain experimental issues about gardening are not backed by solid scientific and near scientific experiments. Sometimes by coincidences certain things happen and then people see a co relation there. I give you an example. We know about BER in tomatoes. We also know that it is somehow related to Calcium. Now, Joe, The Gardener experiences BER and starts adding calcium to the soil. Shortly after, BER stops from happening. Joe TG, concludes that, IN ORDER TO PREVENT ber YOU SHOULD ADD TOMS PILLS TO THE SOIL. But what actually, JTG experienced was likely just coincidental:, The weather changed, the soil temperature changed, the plants grew out of bigger, soil pH changed(due to the amount of water in the soil, fertilizers..) and BER stopped. It can be the same thing with most of co planting situation. So , if one is a pro or con when it comes to BEANS and ONIONS, he should do as he wants. As far as I am concerned, it shouldn,t make any difference. Unless, the beans shade the onions too much.

---To decide what species if in question, I would (and do) use an image search. 100 different pics of hummers visiting the same one should guide you in the right direction.--- Perhaps you are not aware of the practice, but many photographs of hummingbirds feeding at flowers actually have a commercial feeder hidden behind them. Those sneaky photographers! ;^) That way they can have the flash units and camera set up where the hummingbird is pre-conditioned to feed. I always chuckle when I see flowers that naturally grow upright, hanging upside-down in the photographs. This wasn't meant to take your thread off-track, but to highlight that the popular photography flowers may not be hummer favorites.

Sorry for necroing this post, but I have a different experience with southern peas and it may be useful. Some of them do reseed reliably year after year. My source for the brown crowder variety I grow was the raspberry patch next to my grandmother's garden. Some brown crowder plants escaped and dropped seed there, and new plants kept reseeding for years before I bought my own home and brought the seeds along. This was all in the early 2000's. In 2014 I finally got around to planting them and sewed an early crop of brown crowder (and pinkeye purple hull) in a raised bed next to my house and a later one in a low, wet spot near my neighbor's fence. The pinkeyes did not come back this year, but the brown crowder came back vigorously in both locations. This was after one of the coldest winters I can remember in northern Virginia. Spring was pretty wet too. So I think the variety you grow and where the seeds fall and overwinter are important in knowing if they will come back or not.

Great photos, thank you. Happyday, so far it appears that all really big white seeded beans that I have found were either runners or limas (which do not grow for me here). The "Bianco di Spagna" were from the late Harvest Moon Seed Company. None of the colyledons emerged and the plants looked very much like other runners. The pods looked the same as other runners that I trialed last year. It is currently both dark out and muddy in the garden but I will see if I can dig up a tuber soon to help verify the species. The plan was to dig them up and store them for next year, but it did not happen. The flavor and texture of Bianco di Spagna were much better than most runner seeds though. So far, I have found four white runners with seeds with good eating qualities: "Bond's Orcas Lima" is a very early white runner with smaller thin-skinned good flavored seeds. We also liked "Cannellini Gigante" and "Delucci Cannellini" both of which are long season white seeded runners. The plan for this year is to grow Bianco di Spagna as the only runner to avoid crosses. Some will be sown in peat pots for an early start. By the way, we are currently harvesting potatoes, beets, cabbage, carrots and Brussels sprouts and our grass is green!