Plants Hummingbirds Like

Cut to the ground in spring for denser growth. Soft pumpkin-orange upward facing tubular blooms are borne on an upright to spreading deciduous shrub. As the name implies, Hummingbirds enjoy the nectar of this shrub.

Barleria lupulina is known to have medicinal properties and is used in its native range to treat a wide range of ailments most relate to pain relief but it also used to treat snake bites, insect bites, and animal bites.

The common name of Giant Salvia appears to be the most widely used common name is a misnomer as this is actually a member of the Acanthaceae family and the true Salvias are in the mint family or Lamiaceae.

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.

An excellent choice for a bog garden or any average moist garden soil. Like other species of Physostegia, Narrowleaf False Dragonhead are adored by hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees.

Nodding Penstemon produces loose spikes of 1" light pink to nearly lavender tubular flowers in spring. A drought tolerant clump forming native perennial with a tidy habit that attracts Hummingbirds, butterflies, and multitude of other pollinators.

It is a clump forming perennial but stems may root where they touch bare soil. 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 originating from...

Hot Lips Salvia is a hybrid and is neither a true Autumn Sage or Little Leaf Sage but offers the best of both and attracts a variety of pollinators including hummingbirds, butterflies, and larger bees.

Provide full to partial sun with average drainage with average moisture for best results. Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica, is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost.

Autumn Sage is an easy and drought resistant shrub-like and generally evergreen perennial native to southwestern North America. Full sun and excellent drainage generally provide the best results.

Provide Agastache with a full or near full sun location and allow the soil to become slightly dry between waterings. Spikes of sunny yellow tubular flowers are borne nearly continuously from spring to frost atop fragrant blue-gray foliage.

Large clusters of fiery orange tubular blooms are borne from summer through fall on this vigorous tropical shrub. Bronze and reddish-orange tinged green foliage provides the backdrop for the display.

It has the cold hardiness of the Mamou and the continuous flowering of the Crybaby and the hummingbirds flock to the intense red tubular flowers. Bidwill's Coral Tree is a hybrid of our native Mamou Bean, Erythrina herbacea, and the tropical Crybaby Tree,...

The Red Hot Poker is drought tolerant once well established, has some salt tolerance, and is considered deer resistant. This tough and reliable clump forming perennial is deserving of a place in any sunny garden.

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. Turk's Cap are native to portions of the southern US although they have been passed around so much in...

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. The unusual flowers are produced in large clusters and are born from spring to summer.

It is probably best suited to landscape plantings in only the mildest winter climates and may freeze to the ground if temperatures reach the mid to low 20 o F's. Makes for an unusual container specimen or use it similarly to the Orange Bird of Paradise...

Moderately drought resistant once well-established with few pests and diseases. Carrying a Red Buckeye seed in your pocket was considered good luck, although the seeds are considered poisonous so this may not be a good practice in reality.

Providing a mulch and a protected area will help as well. Naturally an evergreen, shrub-like perennial in frost free locations it can also be grown as a die-back perennial into zone 8 if given winter protection such as a mulch.

Large, rounded clusters composed of nearly 1" wide, fragrant, pure white flowers sit atop sturdy stems in summer and are sure to attract butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators.

Dropmore Scarlet is an old and popular selection of Brown's Honeysuckle that is also a hit with hummingbirds and other pollinators. Provide a full to mostly sunny position and a well-drained, average moist soil for the best results.

Sky King is a reliably free flowering selection on a vigorous growing upright to spreading, naturally evergreen tropical shrub. Provide good drainage and fertile, average moist soil in partial to filtered sun for the best results.

Where it does freeze back you can prune the dead out at any time during winter or early spring. 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...

The ripe fruits are readily consumed by birds and other wildlife, along with the occasional curious human. Turk's Cap are native to portions of the southern US although they have been passed around so much in southern gardens it may be hard to say just...

Super easy to grow and care for and your Hummingbirds and Butterflies will show their appreciation for this attractive plant as well. Shade tolerant, deer resistant, moderately salt tolerant, and moderately drought resistant once they are well-established...

Attracts hummingbirds. Members of the Coffee or Madder family, Rubiaceae, the Manettias do best in well drained, preferably acid soils. This is an easy to grow vine that is small enough for hanging baskets, small trellises or fences.

The unusual compound, glossy, dark green foliage takes on orange, red, bronze, and purple tones when grown in full sun during fall and winter. We normally grow Cross Vines in average garden soils with good drainage, average moisture and full sun for best...