Bee Balm Plants That Attract Hummingbirds

This is the monarda with pink flowers and leaves famous for making tea. Also called "Oswego Tea." Perennial Like all wild mints, Wild Bergamot has square stems and fragrant leaves.

Bee balm will tolerate shade, particularly in hot-summer areas. In cold areas, it may die completely to the ground during the winter, but will reappear in the spring., appearing as a gray, powdery dust on the buds and leaves in moist, cool weather.

Plant these sections wherever you like and water regularly for a few weeks. , also known as monarda, Oswego tea, horsemint and bergamont, is a member of the mint family that produces vibrant, wide summer flowers in white, pink, red and purple.

Remove the lower set of leaves and dip the cutting inStick the cuttings 2 inches deep into a small pot filled with, or a combination of these materials. When the seedlings have two sets of true leaves, thin them to 18 to 24 inches apart.

Most modern-day hybrids thrive in zones 4-9 and are descended from wildflowers. After removing and discarding the dead centers, replant the healthy outer sections in fresh soil.If your monarda has been troubled with powdery mildew in the past, you may...

The best bee balm for dry locations! Great mid-summer blooms, later than other Monardas. Will attract a large amount of butterflies, bees and hummingbirds! Beautiful violet blooms with a great scent.

Deadheading bee balm should bring about a second round of flowering later in the summer. Bee balm that doesn't get enough sunlight is also often leggy looking. With its beautiful, unique looking flowers, it attracts pollinators and delights gardeners.

Mixed with Cone Flowers and Phlox, they present an astounding display of colour through most of the mid to latter parts of summer.they are rapid spreaders, like most members of the mint family.

A great cutting plant for center pieces. Blooms from July to August on 3′ foot plants. Prefers full sun or afternoon shade.

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. A portion of the proceeds from each plant sold is donated to Make A Wish Australia. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular...

Clusters of deep red, 1" long tubular blooms are borne in whorls around the arching green stems. Dainty deep green foliage adorns the arching green stems. Red Rocket is excellent for hummingbirds and flowers continuously throughout the warmer months and...

The tubular flowers are a treat for hummingbirds and larger butterflies. Where not hardy it is easily maintained as a container plant. In zone 9 well established plants may suffer some freeze damage but normally return if they are given a protected position...

Soft pumpkin-orange upward facing tubular blooms are borne on an upright to spreading deciduous shrub. As the name implies, Hummingbirds enjoy the nectar of this shrub. Cut to the ground in spring for denser growth.

Obviously, we cannot recommend this. Hophead Barleria develops into a small but well branched full shrub and makes an easy to enjoy container plant as it is drought resistant enough to use in xeriscapes where hardy.

An unusual plant rarely found for sale in the US, Giant Blue African Salvia produces spikes, up to 16" high, of blue to purple, up to 2" long, hooded, two-lipped, tubular, lightly fragrant flowers throughout the warmer months of the year.

For more information see " Cape Honeysuckle " from Texas A&M's Aggie Horticulture's Ornamentals for the Texas Gulf Coast. The tubular flowers are a treat for hummingbirds and larger butterflies.

The start of this plant originated to us from Dr. Charles M. Like the rest of the members its genus it is typically found in moist to wet areas growing along stream banks and ditches.

Nodding Penstemon produces loose spikes of 1" light pink to nearly lavender tubular flowers in spring. Provide this native Penstemon with a well-drained soil but it will do well in average garden soils with average moisture.

The Firecracker Fern has excellent heat and sun tolerance as well as moderate drought resistance once well-established. It is even listed as being suitable for xeriscaping. The Firecracker Fern is also known as the Coral Fountain Plant as it looks like...

If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the spent flowering spikes to help promote new growth and flower production.

Betsy's Choice Salvia is very similar to Amistad and Purple Majesty. It has been known to spread by rhizomes but under most conditions stays neatly where it's put and where hardy will return year after year.

Bright lipstick pink, 1" long tubular flowers are born on loose short spikes from summer through fall on this vigorous selection of the drought tolerant Autumn Sage. For more information on growing Salvia greggii and its hybrids see Dr. William C.

Spikes of sunny yellow tubular flowers are borne nearly continuously from spring to frost atop fragrant blue-gray foliage. These plants have plenty of flower power and will revel in the heat and sun of summer producing a nearly endless display of color.

Large clusters of fiery orange tubular blooms are borne from summer through fall on this vigorous tropical shrub. While Hummingbirds and Sulphur Butterflies add color and motion. A tough and durable S Florida native that can be grown as a perennial in...

Conical spikes of deep red, 3" long tubular flowers are produced nearly continuously throughout the growing season on this vigorous and easy to grow shrub to shrub-like perennial. Bidwill's Coral Tree is a hybrid of our native Mamou Bean, Erythrina herbacea,...

Pocotm Yellow Kniphofia produces dense spikes of deep yellow tubular flowers that adorn short sturdy spikes beginning early in the season and continuing throughout summer and fall all on a compact dense growing sturdy perennial with deep green narrow...

For more about Dawn, the wonderful arboretum, and Stephen F Austin's excellent horticultural program at SFA Gardens click here. It's hard to beat Turk's Cap for sheer flower power! From summer to fall the brilliant red flowers just keep coming.