Hummingbird Plants Plants For Sale In Cambridge

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.

Silke's Dream Salvia is considered to be a hybrid of Salvia darcyi x S. All atop a low mounding and spreading to sprawling perennial Salvia. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.

Welch's article " Autumn Sage: Salvia greggii " from the Texas Cooperative Extension. An excellent choice for pollinators including hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. Loose spikes of pure white tubular, two-lipped flowers are produced in abundance throughout...

Great for hanging baskets, mixed containers, or in the front of the garden. Glossy green slightly quilted foliage on arching to trailing stems. Purple Fountains Skullcap is considered by some to be hardy to zone 8A if provided with a deep winter mulch,...

The Red Cape Honeysuckle produces masses of dark red 2" tubular flowers in large clusters in summer and fall or nearly continuously throughout the year under frost free conditions.

The Dwarf Pink (or Red) Powderpuff Tree produces showy red Mimosa like flowers continuously throughout the year. Where hardy it can be used as a hedge that the hummingbirds are sure to fight over! Provide good drainage and a partial to full sun location...

San Antonio Red is one of the reddest flowered Hummingbird Bushes producing rich red upward facing tubular flowers that are borne in spike-like clusters from summer to fall on this tough and durable Texas native.

Pest, disease, and drought resistant. Texas Pink Skullcap is a low mounding shrub-like perennial with gray green foliage that is well suited to full sun to partial sun conditions in a well-drained soil.

The fragrance of this English Honeysuckle even intensifies in the evening and at night attracting pollinating hummingbird moths as well as hummingbirds, butterflies, and long-tongued bees during the day.

In summer it produces dense spikes of tubular white flowers atop sturdy stems that attract a variety of pollinators including hummingbirds.This is a hardy, perennial that is native to the eastern half of North America and prefers moist to wet soils but...

Tango Hummingbird Mint is a compact growing and exceptionally free flowering Agastache or Mexican Hyssop well suited to any sunny well-drained garden or container combo. Spikes of deep orange tubular flowers tower over the fragrant gray foliage of this...

Finger False Dragonhead is a rare species that seems quite happy in average garden settings where it readily multiplies by rhizomes. Adored by Hummingbirds and other long-tonged pollinators.

Easy and rewarding, the Golden Crown Jacobinia flowers throughout the year creating a small herbaceous plant to about 2' high and wide. Orange Flame may be a root hardy perennial in mild winter climates like many of it's cousins but should be trialed...

Fragrant mint-like foliage covers this mounding shrub-like tropical perennial. Great for Hummingbirds. The real surprise is how much this perennial blooms! Spikes of lavender and pink salvia like blooms are born from spring to frost.

Periodic deadheading is not required but may help to keep the plants looking fresher. Betsy's Choice Salvia is very similar to Amistad and Purple Majesty. Deep purple, 2" long tubular flowers adorn tall sturdy stems from late spring to fall on this vigorous...

Phlox is adored by butterflies and hummingbirds alike! John Fanick Phlox, named for the Texas nurseryman, is only one of a handful of Garden Phlox varieties recommended for southern gardens by noted Texas plantsman Greg Grant.

This is an excellent addition to the garden with its mannerly habit, disease resistance, and the profusion of spring and early summer flowers. The fragrance is most noticeable in the late afternoon and evening.

Sierra San Antonio Sage creates a pastel peachy colored effect from a distance. Good drainage is essential and full sun is preferred. An excellent choice for Hummingbird gardens! This is a heat and sun loving as well as moderately drought tolerant perennial...

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 are deer resistant plants with a long flowering season and are sure to attract...

These are deer resistant plants with a long flowering season and are sure to attract any and all pollinators that can reach the nectar reward of its tubular flowers. Enjoy this Hummingbird Mint as a low maintenance container plant or use it en masse in...

For more about Dawn, the wonderful arboretum, and Stephen F Austin's excellent horticultural program at SFA Gardens click here. Turk's Cap are native to portions of the southern US although they have been passed around so much in southern gardens it may...

The only real problems it seems to have is being planted too deeply or it may rot if exposed to poor drainage. The Pocotm Kniphofia series were selected for their shorter more compact stature and repeat flowering habit making them the perfect choice for...

While Hummingbirds and Sulphur Butterflies add color and motion. Bronze and reddish-orange tinged green foliage provides the backdrop for the display. Hamelia is a Dawn Stover Nifty Fifty favorite herbaceous plant! Dawn is a Research Associate at Stephen...

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. Where not hardy it is easily maintained as a container plant.

A vigorous, naturally evergreen shrub bearing large clusters of tubular maroon flowers at the ends of arching branches from spring to fall and or nearly year round under warm frost free conditions.

Welch's article " Autumn Sage: Salvia greggii " from the Texas Cooperative Extension. Cherry Chief Salvia develops into a naturally rounded mound covered in flowers on this excellent perennial Salvia hybrid.

Provide this native Penstemon with a well-drained soil but it will do well in average garden soils with average moisture. A drought tolerant clump forming native perennial with a tidy habit that attracts Hummingbirds, butterflies, and multitude of other...