Hummingbird Plants Plants For Sale In Springfield

In spring, once the danger of hard frosts and freezes has past, the damaged foliage can be cut back to about 3". Attracts hummingbirds and other long-tongued pollinators. Maintenance for Kniphofia is minimal.

Hamelia is a Dawn Stover Nifty Fifty favorite herbaceous plant! Dawn is a Research Associate at Stephen F Austin in Nacogdoches, TX and currently maintains the Mast Arboretum plant collection.

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...

Established plants require little additional maintenance once established but may benefit from a light summer shearing. Full sun and excellent drainage generally provide the best results.

Santa Barbara Dwarf Purple Mexican Sage is a durable drought tolerant perennial that puts on amazing show of velvety purple flower spikes beginning in late summer (just in time for the Hummingbirds) and lasting until frost Mexican Sage bush is a drought...

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...

The 1" long flowers are well suited for pollination by hummingbirds, butterflies, and long tongued bees. Established plants require little additional maintenance once established but may benefit from a light summer shearing.

Cut to the ground in spring for denser growth. Deep reddish-orange upward facing tubular blooms are borne an upright to spreading deciduous shrub. Needs a well drained soil. Blooms from mid-summer to fall.

This is a moderately drought resistant annual once well-established but average moisture and good drainage will produce the greatest abundance of flowers. 0No seeds equals more flowers when it comes to the Cleome or Spiderflower and CliotmMagenta is no...

The show starts in early summer and may last nearly until the first frost with this reliable and fragrant Garden Phlox. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. Phlox is adored by butterflies and hummingbirds alike! Robert Poore is one of only a handful...

Pale yellow and salmon bicolored flowers are borne from spring to frost on this vigorous hybrid Salvia. 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...

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.

Deadheading, by cutting the flower stalk all the way back, is said to help promote flowering especially with the repeat flowering Echo types. Excellent for hummingbirds! The Red Hot Poker is drought tolerant once well established, has some salt tolerance,...

An unusual plant rarely found for sale in the US, Giant Blue African Salvia produces spikes, up to 16" high, of blue to purple, up to 2" long, hooded, two-lipped, tubular, lightly fragrant flowers throughout the warmer months of the year.

Blooms from spring to fall. An easy and durable slowly spreading tropical perennial. Pure white shrimp-like blooms emerge from the arching spikes of long-lasting chartreuse bracts.

Yellow throated, red to coral colored, tubular flowers, often in small but densely packed clusters, are borne on tall, sturdy, 4-6' spikes beginning in spring and often lasting well into fall.

The Baja Fairy Duster is reported to withstand temperatures into the teens for short periods once mature and if properly hardened off but it may suffer freeze damage on young tender growth anytime the temperatures are below freezing.

The Pagoda Flower produces huge spikes of 1/2" coral-pink to reddish orange butterfly shaped flowers from mid summer well into fall. Tolerant of full sun but often have the best appearance where they get midday and or afternoon shade.

Initially collected near Monterrey, Mexico by David Creech, Ray Jordan, and Lynn Lowery, Texas Pink Skullcap has taken Texas by storm since that time and can be found in gardens throughout the state.

Spikes of sunny yellow tubular flowers are borne nearly continuously from spring to frost atop fragrant blue-gray foliage. These are deer resistant plants with a long flowering season and are sure to attract any and all pollinators that can reach the...

Maroon and white 1" tubular blooms arch from a spike of reddish-maroon bracts. An upright to sprawling perennial becoming full and dense with age.

Container grown specimens that have gone dormant in the fall, can be brought indoors to any well lit area and will need only minimal water until you see signs of growth in spring. This truly hardy Gloxinia is a hummingbird magnet that attracts a variety...

Some sources suggest that no fertilizer is required or desired once established.The 1" long flowers are well suited for pollination by hummingbirds, butterflies, and long tongued bees.

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.

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. Red Hot, a.k.a. Red Spreader, is a lower growing and more spreading form of Turk's Cap with slightly larger...

Welch's article " Autumn Sage: Salvia greggii " from the Texas Cooperative Extension. Mesa Azure Salvia is a hybrid selection from the Mesa series and the nectar rich flowers attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and long tongued bees anytime this tidy plant...