Stephen Albert
Hummingbirds are attracted to bright colored flowers, especially red and orange. The hummingbird’s primary diet is flower nectar. They can hover like bees in front of tubular or trumpet-shaped blossoms, probing with their long needle-like beaks to extract nectar.
Hummingbirds are very territorial, so plant several patches of their favorite flowers if you want to attract more than one. Also, keep a source of very shallow water available to give hummingbirds a place to drink. Hummingbirds also eat small insects and spiders.
Hummingbirds feeders will attract hummingbirds to the garden. Fill a feeder with sugar syrup (1/4 cup of sugar dissolved in 1 cup of water; do not add food coloring). Either boil the water briefly or leave it overnight to allow chlorine to evaporate.
20 Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Zones |
| Bee balm | Monarda didyma | 4-8 |
| Butterfly bush | Buddleia spp. | 5-10 |
| Canna | Canna hybrids | 2-11 |
| Cardinal flower | Lobelia spp. | 2-9 |
| Cross-vine | Bignonia capreolata | 6-9 |
| Dahlia | Dahlia | 2-11 |
| Fuchsia | Fuchsia spp. | 2-11 |
| Geranium | Pelargonium spp. | 2-11 |
| Gladiolus | Gladiolus hybrids | 2-11 |
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Zones | |
| Hollyhock | Alcea rosea | 2-11 | |
| Honeysuckle, various | Lonicera spp. | 3-9 | |
| Lantana | Lantana camara | 2-11 | |
| Larkspur | Consolida ambigua | 2-11 | |
| Morning glory | Ipomea spp. | 2-11 | |
| Penstemon | Penstemon spp. | 3-7 | |
| Phlox, annual | Phlox drummondii | 2-11 | |
| Petunia | Petunia spp. | 2-11 | |
| Quince, flowering | Chaenomeles speciosa | 4-9 |
| Common Name | Botanical Name | Zones |
| Rose of Sharon | Hibiscus syriacus | 5-9 |
| Salvia, red annual | Salvia splendens | 2-11 |
| Snapdragon | Antirrhinum majus | 2-11 |
| Tobacco, flowering | Nicotiana spp. | 2-11 |
| Trumpet creeper | Campsis radicans | 3-11 |
| Weigela | Weigela florida | 4-9 |
Also of interest:
40 Plants That Attract Hummingbirds
50 Flowers That Attract Butterflies
