Hummingbird Plants Plants For Sale In Fort Collins

A 'must have' for the Hummingbird lover! Furman's Red Autumn Sage is an old selection that has proven to be one of the hardiest and deemed a reliable perennial well into zone 7 Autumn Sage is an easy and drought resistant shrub-like and generally evergreen...

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.

Use as an espalier, allow it to climb a sturdy fence, or cover an arbor. Trumpet Creeper climbs via aerial roots and may damage concrete or wood surfaces. Clusters of 3" long yellow, orange, orange-red, or red trumpets adorn this vigorous native vine...

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 early summer and provide an appropriate winter mulch. Excellent for Hummingbirds and other long-tongued pollinators.

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. Likely a hybrid of our native species of Eastern Bluestar this is sure to be...

Award winning performance, Pocotm Orange Kniphofia won the 'Best & Brightest' at Walt Disney World Bedding Plant Trial Program Warm Season 2016! The Red Hot Poker is drought tolerant once well established, has some salt tolerance, and is considered deer...

A 'must have' for the Hummingbird lover! Radio Red Autumn Sage is a selection that was chosen for its ability to maintain that intense, screaming red color without fading in the summer heat as quickly as some varieties do.

Pollinated flowers may be followed by reddish purple berries. 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.

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. Provide Agastache with a full or near full sun location and allow the soil to become...

The nectar and pollen rich flowers attract hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other garden beneficials. Keeping plants dryer in late summer, fall and into winter may give them increased tolerance to extreme cold.

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Provide a moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil. This species is moderately shade tolerant and may prefer midday shade in hot summer climates.

An upright yet bushy shrubby perennial that enjoys shady conditions. Firespike is sure to attract hummingbirds and larger butterflies. Plant it once the danger of frost has passed to give it the best chance of getting established before the first frost...

In the northern portions of its range (zones 8B, 9) provide these Glory Bowers with a protected location preferably against a house or other building. All three have similar growth habits and are will slowly spread by runners but never seem to be invasive...

The Red Hot Poker is drought tolerant once well established, has some salt tolerance, and is considered deer resistant. Deadheading, by cutting the flower stalk all the way back, is said to help promote flowering especially with the repeat flowering Echo...

Attracts Hummingbirds. In the portion of its range where freezes occur it can be grown as an annual or if protected with a mulch it is generally reliably perennial well into zone 8.

The Red Hot Poker is drought tolerant once well established, has some salt tolerance, and is considered deer resistant. Deadheading, by cutting the flower stalk all the way back, is said to help promote flowering especially with the repeat flowering types.

Sure to make a statement any where it is utilized this easy to grow tropical will prefer light shade or morning sun outdoors. If you know this cultivar or species please feel free to contact us.

First 4 images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. Attracts butterflies and other pollinators and makes a long lasting cut flower as well. An easy to grow and pest resistant perennial that provides a riot of spring and summer color...

This truly hardy Gloxinia is a hummingbird magnet that attracts a variety of bees and butterflies as well! Velvety, rich green, quilted foliage adorns the upright to arching stems of this hardy perennial that grows from a large fuzzy potato-like corm.

The Bird of Paradise will often return from the crown or roots but they are slow to recover flowering will be reduced until it has re-established itself. Makes for an unusual container specimen or use it similarly to the Orange Bird of Paradise as an...

We have plants that are over 30 years old in our zone 8B gardens. The stems freeze back to ground each winter and return in midspring with flowering beginning in late spring early summer for us.

Winter dormant. 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. An uncommon, but beautiful native perennial, producing upward facing coral-red tubular...

Autumn Sage is an easy and drought resistant shrub-like and generally evergreen perennial native to southwestern North America. For more information on growing Salvia greggii and its hybrids see Dr. William C.

As well mannered in the garden as it name implies Miss Manners Physostegia stays in a tidy clump. Dr. Neil Odenwald states that "This is an old perennial that has been grown for many years in gardens across the land." "not that particular about where...

In areas where temperatures fall below about 25 o F the Firecracker Fern will typically act as a die-back perennial, even into portions of zone 8B if given a protected location. The Firecracker Fern has excellent heat and sun tolerance as well as moderate...

Super easy to grow and care for and your Hummingbirds and Butterflies will show their appreciation for this attractive plant as well. The only real maintenance for Turk's Cap is to prune away the dead stems in winter where they freeze to near the ground...

One of the darkest Iochromas, Indigo is a prolific flowering selection on a vigorous growing upright to spreading, naturally evergreen tropical shrub. 2-3" long, deep purple, slightly flaring tubular flowers are produced in large hanging clusters designed...