Plants That Attract Hummingbirds

A new color twist on and old favorite. As the name implies, Hummingbirds enjoy the nectar of this shrub. Blooms from mid-summer to fall. Soft pumpkin-orange upward facing tubular blooms are borne on an upright to spreading deciduous shrub.

Grows well in full sun to part shade. Barleria lupulina is known to have medicinal properties and is used in its native range to treat a wide range of ailments most relate to pain relief but it also used to treat snake bites, insect bites, and animal...

A vigorous tender herbaceous plant with very large tropical foliage and square stems that can easily reach 6-9' high and may grow to 15' high becoming tree-like in its native habitat.

Where not hardy it is easily maintained as a container plant. It is also moderately drought resistant once well established but will produce the most flowers when it is provided with average moisture during the growing season.

Narrowleaf False Dragonhead is native to the central US including Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, eastern and central Texas, southwestern Kansas, parts of northwestern Oklahoma, two counties in Alabama, one in Georgia, as well as...

A drought tolerant clump forming native perennial with a tidy habit that attracts Hummingbirds, butterflies, and multitude of other pollinators. May reseed but never seems to be aggressive, deadhead to prevent unwanted seedlings.

It is a clump forming perennial but stems may root where they touch bare soil. The Firecracker Fern is also known as the Coral Fountain Plant as it looks like a fountain of green, fine textured stems covered in colorful tubular flowers originating from...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. In late winter it can be cut back to about 6-12" high if desired. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed...

Provide a full to mostly sunny location in a well-drained, average moist, fertile soil. Periodic deadheading is not required but may help to keep the plants looking fresher. Provide full to partial sun with average drainage with average moisture for best...

Established plants require little additional maintenance once established but may benefit from a light summer shearing. Welch's article " Autumn Sage: Salvia greggii " from the Texas Cooperative Extension.

Arizonatm Sun Agastache is a compact hybrid of our native perennial Agastache selected for its short, compact, freely branching, and exceptionally free flowering habit. These plants have plenty of flower power and will revel in the heat and sun of summer...

Bronze and reddish-orange tinged green foliage provides the backdrop for the display. A tough and durable S Florida native that can be grown as a perennial in the northern parts of its range.

It has the cold hardiness of the Mamou and the continuous flowering of the Crybaby and the hummingbirds flock to the intense red tubular flowers. Easy to grow and establish, it is perennial in areas where freezes are common and becomes more shrub-like...

Maintenance for Kniphofia is minimal. The only real problems it seems to have is being planted too deeply or it may rot if exposed to poor drainage. This tough and reliable clump forming perennial is deserving of a place in any sunny garden.

Provide your Turk's Caps with a well-draining, moderately fertile soil, preferably with at least 4-6 hours a day of direct sunlight for the best results. Turk's Cap is well-loved and so is known by a variety of common names including: Turk's Turban, Ladie's...

An easy and reliable, clump forming native that slowly develops into a mass of sturdy stems with nearly every one topped by a beautiful inflorescence. Winter dormant. An uncommon, but beautiful native perennial, producing upward facing coral-red tubular...

Makes for an unusual container specimen or use it similarly to the Orange Bird of Paradise as an informal hedge, shrub, or specimen plant. It is probably best suited to landscape plantings in only the mildest winter climates and may freeze to the ground...

These tough natives are tolerant of a variety of soil types, drought and salt tolerant, and are deer and pest resistant. It is possible for the Red Buckeye to reach 30' high although 12-15' is typical.

Naturally an evergreen, shrub-like perennial in frost free locations it can also be grown as a die-back perennial into zone 8 if given winter protection such as a mulch. Providing a mulch and a protected area will help as well.

David's Garden Phlox has exceptional disease resistance and was selected as the 2002 Perennial Plant of the Year. Periodic deadheading will help keep them looking clean as well as helping to extend the flowering season.

Provide a full to mostly sunny position and a well-drained, average moist soil for the best results. Image courtesy of Spring Valley Greenhouse. Clusters of scarlet tubular flowers with orange throats are produced from late spring to fall on this easy...

Provide good drainage and fertile, average moist soil in partial to filtered sun for the best results. Iochroma, Tubeflower, or Mini Angel's Trumpets flower on new growth so keep them growing and healthy for and endless display.

This is a vigorous, shrub-like woody perennial that can reach 8-12' in mild winter climates and few plants can compete with the enormous amount of flowers that this plant can produce.

Either way, these are excellent, hardy, and long-lived perennials with immense flower power. A hardy and long-lived, spreading to upright perennial, Turk's Cap is an easy to grow heirloom that will flower in sun or light shade.

The more sunlight they get the fuller the plants tend to be and the more flowers they generally produce. Where they don't freeze back, a hard late-winter pruning will act as a renewal and may help to rid them of overwintering pests as well as to keep...

Few other vines have the flower power that these vines do once they are established. It appears to be tolerant of brief periods in the upper 20 o F's in well-drained soils and with protection from freezing winds.

You can grow Crossvines on large stumps or posts, sturdy trellises, along fences where they may stretch to 30' or more, as well as up walls. An easily grown and vigorous clinging native evergreen vine that can easily grow up masonry, tree bark, or other...