Molly... that sure was a long post....
I usually don't read those...
Good choice on the coral honeysuckle... It should put on some growth this year... But... fair warning, the deer eat them... But...
the hummingbirds like them...
I'd plant some columbine...
I could fill this thread with hummingbird pics...
But... Ima hold some back.
The chaste tree is a good choice.... My hummers visit mine, and they're drought tolerant...
Also consider hyacinth beans, dicliptera suberecta, rose of sharon, as well as any other hibiscus... and... tithonia... lantana... and... fill the yard with salvia... Those spreading Salvia microphylla are the bomb...
Yeah, that list is for later... but... summer hummers are fun too...
Edit:
My list is drought hardy...
Needing to use drinking water on the ground is just wrong...
In Denton TX, you should be able to grow just about anything I can grow in the sand-hills in middle GA.
