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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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