Eckert’s Gardening Tips:
Plants for Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are some of the fastest flying birds! By planting the right flowers, you can attract them to your garden and actually encourage them to linger in your landscape. Then you can really enjoy the speed and beauty of this most amazing bird!

"Hummers" need food, water, shelter and wind protection. Be sure to provide these if you want them to linger! Hummingbirds prefer deep-throated (tubular or trumpet shaped) flowers in red, pink and orange. However, they do visit flowers in other colors as long as the flower is a good source of nectar. Fragrance of the flower is unimportant.

Perennials for Hummingbirds

• Columbine
• Foxglove
• Hibiscus
• Daylily
• Cardinal Flower
• Bee balm
• Lily
• Garden Phlox
• Pin Cushion Flower
• Coral bells
• Butterfly bush
• Hostas (especially lilac)
• Hollyhocks

Shrubs & Trees for Hummingbirds

• Abelia
• Azalea
• Rose of Sharon
• Honeysuckle
• Rhododendron
• Lilac
• Weigela

Annuals for Hummingbirds Flowering Maple

• Tropical Hibiscus
• Snapdragon
• Canna
• Petunia
• Pentas
• Fuschia
• Flowering Tobacco
• Salvia
• Begonia
• Geranium
• Marigold
• Cleome
• Dianthus
• Scarlet Runner Bean
• Lantana
• Zinnia