Hummingbird Plants Plants For Sale In Idaho

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. Initially collected near Monterrey, Mexico by David Creech, Ray Jordan, and Lynn Lowery,...

Like most root hardy tropical plants, it will be best to establish your plants early in the season so that they can develop a large and vigorous root system before winter sets in. Good drainage and a loose breathable mulch are key, especially where winters...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Named in memory of her dear friend, this big showy Salvia was hybridized and selected by Donna Dittman of LSU.

Dense clusters of large pink tubular flowers with a white lower lip are born in late summer and early fall on this easy native perennial. The Fall Obedient Plant will readily spread by rhizomes creating a mass of sturdy, 3-4' stems.

May reseed under good conditions. Mulch in winter to protect the corm from freeze damage. Place them back outdoors when temperatures are well past the chance of frost and preferably consistently above 55-65 o F.

Provide a moist but well-draining soil for the best results. 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.

May reseed under good conditions. Mulch in winter to protect the corm from freeze damage. Place them back outdoors when temperatures are well past the chance of frost and preferably consistently above 55-65 o F.

Like most other Physostegias , Correll's False Dragon's Head does spread by large rhizomes even in average soils. The leaves of this species are toothed, widest in the middle, sessile, and are almost always a rich dark green.

Giant Cigar typically flowers in late summer and fall, just in time for migrating Hummingbirds. For more about Dawn, the wonderful arboretum, and Stephen F Austin's excellent horticultural program click here.

This beautiful Angel's Trumpet-like plant can easily be pruned after flowering to promote fullness but stems allowed to grow into their natural form seem to be the sturdiest in the long term if you want a taller plant which may be better suited for visiting...

Coronado Red Hummingbird Mint flowers from late spring to fall and attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and larger bees. Deer and rabbit resistant. Provide a full to mostly sunny location with excellent drainage and good air circulation for the best results.

The Red Ruellias may reseed on exposed soils but rarely do so in mulched beds. Use this exceptionally free flowering tropical to tender perennial in the garden, landscape, or in containers for a spring to fall display.

A RHS Award of Garden Merit winner! Image courtesy of Spring Valley Greenhouse. A freely flowering hybrid, Mandarin Honeysuckle produces clusters of up to 15 or more, 3" long red to reddish-orange tubular, widely flaring flowers that show off the lighter...

If flowering slows down a light pruning and fertilizing will send back into production. Mesa Azure Salvia will perform best in a well-drained sunny location and is moderately drought resistant once well-established.

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

Apricot Sunrise produces an endless display of brilliant orange to golden yellow tubular flowers in spikes from summer and into fall well above the fragrant foliage. Plant in mass for the best effect.

Spikes of sunny yellow tubular flowers are borne nearly continuously from spring to frost atop fragrant blue-gray foliage. These plants have plenty of flower power and will revel in the heat and sun of summer producing a nearly endless display of color.

Easy and enjoyable. Also known as Sandhill Bluestar it is more tolerant of drier sites than other Bluestars once established. Light blue starry flowers are produced in pyramidal clusters atop the new stems in early to mid spring and are visited by butterflies...

Attracts hummingbirds as well as larger butterflies. Exceptionally dense spikes of 1-1/2" long purple tubular flowers are produced from late summer, throughout winter, and into spring under frost free conditions on this vigorous and unusually shade tolerant...

An upright to arching shrubby perennial. An excellent and easy hybrid Cuphea that flowers nearly non-stop from spring through fall. 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...

Fast growing and quickly becoming a large bush or small tree. The Crybaby Tree is considered by many to be hardy only into zone 9 but if the trunk is protected until it can grow to 4-6" in diameter it can tolerate extended periods of freezing temperatures...

The show starts in early summer and may last nearly until the first frost with this reliable and fragrant Garden Phlox. Periodic deadheading will help keep them looking clean as well as helping to extend the flowering season.

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

The Mulberry Jam Salvia has loose spikes of 1" long deep fuchsia tubular flowers which emerge from darkly contrasting calyxes on near purple stems. Provide a full to mostly sunny position in a well-drained soil for the best results.

For more about Dawn, the wonderful arboretum, and Stephen F Austin's excellent horticultural program at SFA Gardens click here. The more sunlight they get the fuller the plants tend to be and the more flowers they generally produce.

Salvia leucantha 's excellent drought tolerance makes it a good choice for containers and xeriscapes. Mexican Sage Bush does best where it has excellent drainage, particularly in winter and mulching can help ensure its hardiness in questionable areas.

Welch's article " Autumn Sage: Salvia greggii " from the Texas Cooperative Extension. Dr. Welch is a Landscape Horticulturist at Texas A&M. Full sun and excellent drainage generally provide the best results.