Flowers Hummingbirds Like

Gardeners keep a close watch on it, not only because it is beautiful in and of itself, but also because it brings on a flurry of activity from the hummingbirds and butterflies that frequent the area.

Looking for beautiful, colorful plants that can take hot, dry conditions, need little care and attract hummingbirds by the dozens? Agastache is a great place to start. In mid-spring, cut back the old foliage nearly to the ground.

Seeds can be planted outside after last frost. New plants grow quickly from seed.In northern zones, tubers should be dug and stored for winter just like any other bulbs and tubers in northern gardens.Marvel of Peru likes loamy but well drained garden...

* It is frequently grown as an ornamental tree in Europe north of its native range, grown for its decorative flowers (the species is also sometimes called "Flowering Ash"). Fall color not detailed.

* It is frequently grown as an ornamental tree in Europe north of its native range, grown for its decorative flowers (the species is also sometimes called "Flowering Ash"). Fall color not detailed.

* The plant produces cup-shaped, lavender-coloured or white flowers. * It is boiled in olive oil to make black dyes and hair dressing. * The plant was first used as a medicinal herb in ancient Greece.

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.

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

Where not hardy it is easily maintained as a container plant. This easy heat and sun loving tropical can be grown as a medium to large arching shrub or hedge, vine or espalier, and can be trained into tree standards.

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

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 bites.

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.

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. In zone 9 well established plants may suffer some freeze damage but normally return if...

Like the rest of the members its genus it is typically found in moist to wet areas growing along stream banks and ditches. Like other species of Physostegia, Narrowleaf False Dragonhead are adored by hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees.

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. Firecracker Fern is listed as a Texas A&M Outstanding Coastal Plant (see the " More info from Universities...

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. It creates a mounding upright to spreading plant that loves the heat and sun.

Guaraniticas do. Like Purple Majesty it does not produce the tubers that so many S. Periodic deadheading is not required but may help to keep the plants looking fresher. Provide a full to mostly sunny location in a well-drained, average moist, fertile...

They can also be pruned in spring just before growth begins again. Established plants require little additional maintenance once established but may benefit from a light summer shearing.

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.

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,...

In zones 5 and 6 it is suggested that you tie up the foliage atop the crown to give added winter protection. Maintenance for Kniphofia is minimal. Images courtesy of Terra Nova Nurseries

The only real maintenance for Turk's Cap is to prune away the dead stems in winter where they freeze to near the ground and to mulch them as needed. The more sunlight they get the fuller the plants tend to be and the more flowers they generally produce.

An uncommon, but beautiful native perennial, producing upward facing coral-red tubular buds that open to show off the star-like flowers with a creamy yellow to greenish yellow throat.

It is probably best suited to landscape plantings in only the mildest winter climates and may freeze to the ground if temperatures reach the mid to low 20 o F's. Even though this species is native to more desert like climates it can tolerate typical rainfall...

They may defoliate early if exposed to extended periods of drought. These tough natives are tolerant of a variety of soil types, drought and salt tolerant, and are deer and pest resistant.