Inviting Hummingbirds to Your Backyard
Things You Need
- Sunny or shady area
- Provide flowers from April through November
- Meadow area for bathing, or a mister with a bird bath
- Tall trees with a stream (nesting area)
Things to Avoid
- Chemical sprays
- Sugar water feeder (develop a fungus that is fatal to hummers)
Adult food plants:
- Flowers with tubular shapes that provide nectar. Red is the predominant color.
Plant List for Inviting Hummingbirds
Vines
Clematis
Honeysuckle
Mandevilla
Morning Glory
Passion Flower
Trumpet Vine
Shrubs
Abelia
Azalea
Butterfly Bush
Leucothoe
Mountain Laurel
Rhododendron
Weigelia
Viburnum
Yucca
Trees
Crape Myrtle
Hibiscus
- Rose of Sharon
Lilac
Annuals
Begonias
Canna
Cleome
Cosmos
Fuchsia
Geranium
Hibiscus
Impatien
Lantana
Nasturtium
Monarda
Nicotiana
Pentas
Petunia
Phlox
Salvia
Snapdragon
Verbena
Vinca
Perennials
Alcea
- hollyhocks
Aquillegia
- columbine
Asclepias
- butterfly weed
Asiatic Lily
AstilbeLythrum
CheloneMalva
Delphinium
Digitalis
- foxglove
Garden Phlox
Geum
Hemerocallis
- daylily
Heuchera
- coral bells
Kniphofia
- torch lily
Lobelia
- cardinal flower
Lupine
Lychnis
- maltese cross
Monarda
- bee balm
Penstemon
Physostegia
- obedient plant
Salvia
Scabiosa
Verbena
Veronica