Hummingbird Plants Plants For Sale In Elk Grove

Dainty deep green foliage adorns the arching green stems. Red Rocket is excellent for hummingbirds and flowers continuously throughout the warmer months and possibly year round in tropical settings.

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. Excellent for hummingbirds! Margie Griffith Salvia is a hybrid of Salvia mexicana x S.

Established plants require little additional maintenance once established but may benefit from a light summer shearing. Dr. Welch is a Landscape Horticulturist at Texas A&M. They can also be pruned in spring just before growth begins again.

Trumpet Creeper climbs via aerial roots and may damage concrete or wood surfaces. Trumpet Creeper is an aggressive and rampant, deciduous, tap-rooted, native vine that should be planted in area where it can be contained as it may sucker aggressively.

The Giant Turk's Caps are probably best suited to zones 9B and 10 where it makes an excellent specimen plant, hedge, or screen. As with any tropical plant that you intend to grow as a die-back perennial, it is always best to establish them in spring and...

Clusters of deep red, 1 1/2", tubular blooms are borne throughout most of the year on this beautiful tropical spreading to mounding perennial with beautiful glossy rich green foliage.

The Cross Vine is also known as: Trumpet Flower, Tendriled Trumpet Creeper, Smoke Vine, and Quarter Vine. 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.

Good drainage and a loose breathable mulch are key, especially where winters are cold and wet. 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...

Firecracker Fern is listed as a Texas A&M Outstanding Coastal Plant as it has excellent resistance to soil and wind born salts, though it could use some protection from harsh, drying winds.

The foliage had a wonderful light pineapple fragrance. A great perennial for Hummingbirds and the Herb garden. Vibrant red tubular blooms are borne in tall spikes from Winter to Spring.

Also known as Summer Border Phlox or Fall Phlox, it is a hardy clump forming herbaceous perennial found throughout much of the eastern and central US. Provide good air circulation and a moderately rich soil with average moisture in full sun for the best...

This is considered to be the normal color form for the species. Soft velvety medium to gray-green foliage. Mexican Sage Bush does best where it has excellent drainage, particularly in winter and mulching can help ensure its hardiness in questionable areas.

For more information on growing Salvia greggii and its hybrids see Dr. William C. They can also be pruned in spring just before growth begins again. Autumn Sage is an easy and drought resistant shrub-like and generally evergreen perennial native to southwestern...

Cape Honeysuckle is moderately salt tolerant and along with its preference for heat and sun this makes it an excellent choice for coastal gardens and landscapes. Cape Honeysuckle is evergreen in frost free climates and is deciduous in the cooler portions...

Yellow fall foliage color adds to its interest. For an excellent article on Amsonias click the "More Info from Universities..." link below to read a comparative study from the Chicago Botanic Gardens written by Richard G.

It flowers from late spring or early summer until fall under good conditions. This is a medium-sized Salvia with a moderately bushy habit. Mulberry Jam Salvia is a hybrid discovered in the garden of author and Salvia expert Betsy Clebsch and is thought...

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. Provide full to partial sun with average drainage with average moisture for best results.

The flowers attract loads of hummingbirds and other long-tongued pollinators. Provide a well-drained, moderately fertile soil for the best results. This is a bushy shrub-like and herbaceous, tender perennial suitable for sunny outdoor locations and can...

For more information on growing Salvia greggii and its hybrids see Dr. William C. Some sources suggest that no fertilizer is required or desired once established. They can also be pruned in spring just before growth begins again.

A rosette forming herbaceous perennial to biennial, the Red Cardinal Flower is commonly found along stream banks, marshes, and bogs but will perform well in average to wet garden soils.

Purple Sage, or Autumn Purple Sage is a vigorous easy to grow species from south of the border with a mounding to upright habit. Attracts hummingbirds as well as larger butterflies.

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.

Flowering from summer and often well into winter this hardy heat and sun-loving tropical can be grown as a shrub, vine, espalier, or can even be trained into tree forms. In zone 9 well established plants may suffer some freeze damage but normally return...

Pollinated flowers are followed by clusters of 1/4" berries that start out green and change to orange, red, and finally black once fully ripe. The showy flowers attract hummingbirds, larger butterflies, and tiny halactid bees.

For more information on growing Salvia greggii and its hybrids see Dr. William C. Some sources suggest that no fertilizer is required or desired once established. Full sun and excellent drainage generally provide the best results.

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring new flower production. 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...

Large clusters of rich orange-red, 2" long tubular flowers are produced throughout the growing season on a well branched mannerly plant. *In hot summer climates provide midday and or afternoon shade.