Flowers that Attract Hummingbirds

Looking for flowers that attract hummingbirds?

While it’s fun placing feeders in your yard, at some point you’re going to want to add in the natural nectar only the correct flowers can provide these charming birds.

I find there’s a special feeling of accomplishment when you realize you’re helping these zany little “buzzers” stay alive and well!

The funny thing, though, is you’ll discover how close they are to you and me when we’re talking eating habits.

Just like you may want to eat vegetables one day and pasta the next, hummingbirds will eat from one flower today and flock to another tomorrow.

That’s why it’s a good idea to plant a variety in your hummingbird garden.

Hummingbirds especially like the color red, although they’ll find nectar in any brightly colored flower. They enjoy feeding from tubular shaped flowers.

Hanging Flowers

An easy way to begin your journey is to use hanging baskets near your home. 

Quality choices are red Fuchsias and Petunias. Salvia and Impatiens work well, too.

Using a hook, you can easily mount a window or side basket filled with flowers .Hang on a pole. Or keep in container without hanging it at all.

As an extra attempt at attracting hummingbirds to your yard, try placing a feeder  near your hanging flowers.

Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds

• Abelia
  
  
• Abutilon   
  Common Names: Indian Mallow, Chinese Lantern, Flowering Maple
  
  
• Asclepias Tuberosa   
  Common Name: Butterfly Weed
  
  
• Agastache   
  Common Names: Sunset Hyssop, Threadleaf Hyssop, Hummingbird Mint
  
  
• Althea       
  Common Name: Hollyhocks
  
  
• Anisacanthus   
  Common Names: Flame Anisacanthus, Desert Honeysuckle
  
  
• Aquilegia   
  Common Names: Fragrant Columbine, Crimson Columbine, Sierra Columbine
  
  
• Azalea
  

• Bee Balm  Common Names:  Horsemint and Monarda. This is a hummingbird magnet! Watch above as Dave Epstein of Growing Wisdom.com  gives you his own tips about this beautiful tall growing flower.

• Begonia
  
  
• Butterfly Bush
  
  
• Catmint
  
  
• Caesalpinia   
  Common Names: Broadpad Nicker, Bird of Paradise, Yellow Peacock
  
  
• Centranthus Ruber   
  Common Name: Red Valerian
  
  
• Chilopsis   
  Common Name: Desert Willow
  
  
• Cleome
  
  
• Dahlia
  
  
• Dicliptera Suberecta
  
  
• Digitalis   
  Common Name: Foxglove
  
  
• Eupatorium   
  Common Name: Joe-Pye Weed
  
  
• Fuchsia

• Gladiolus
  
  
• Goldenrod
  
  
• Hamilia    
  Common Name: Firebush
  
  
• Hawthorne
  
  
• Hesperis Matronalis
  
  
• Heuchera Sanguinea    
  Common Name: Coral-Bells
  
  
• Hibiscus

• Hosta
  
  
• Impatiens Balsamina
  
  
• Ipomoea   
  Common Name: Morning Glory
  

• Justicia       
  Common Names: Shrimp Plant, Water Willow
  
  
• Kniphofia   
  Common Names: Torch Lily, Red Hot Poker
  
  
• Lantana Camara   
  Common Name: Lantana
  
  
• Liatris
  
  
• Lilac
  
  
• Lobelia   
  Common Names: Fool’s Bane, Indian Tobacco
  
  
• Lonicera   
  Common Name: Honeysuckle
  
  
• Lychnis Chalcedonica       
  Common Name: Maltese Cross

• Mirabilis Jalapa    
  Common Name: Four O’clock
  
  
• Mock Orange
  
  
• Nasturtium
  
  
• Nicotiana   
  Common Name: Flowering Tobacco
  
  
• Pelargonium   
  Common Name: Geranium
  
  
• Penstemon   
  Common Name: Beardtongue
  
  
• Perovskia Atriplicifolia   
  Common Name: Russian Sage
  
  
• Petunia
  
  
• Phlox
  
  
• Physostegia

Wisteria

• Rose of Sharon
  
  
• Salvia       
  Common Name: Sage
  
  
• Stachys Coccinea
  
  
• Sweet Pea
  
  
• Tecoma   
  Common Name: Yellow Trumpetbush
  
  
• Tithonia Torch
  
  
• Veronica

• Weigela

• Wisteria
  
  
• Yucca
  
  
• Zauschneria
  
  
• Zinnia
  

When you’re starting out with your garden and still learning, I encourage you to take the above list to your local nursery.

Ask about which flowers are native to your area. Which will grow best in your location?

The nursery in your town will be able to provide invaluable advice about flowers that attract hummingbirds so be sure to use them! 

Bottom line? Diversity is a must. Give your hummers a large selection to choose from. Plant flowers that bloom at varying times and you’ll enjoy a garden that’s a “buzz” of activity.

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