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Wondering which flower varieties to plant to get your garden humming?
There are also some small flower varieties if you don’t have a lot of room in your garden.
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Building a garden with diverse trees, shrubs, and flowers helps draw these nectar-loving birds to your landscape.
Discover these cheerful flower species that not only look stunning but willinvite hummingbirds to visit.
Here are our top picks to attract hummingbirds.
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LydiaTM Tecoma
Unlike traditional varieties,Lydia bloomsfrom early spring until the first frost.
Continuously blooming in bright yellow petals, the Lydia Tecoma makes great cut flowers.
Plant in full sun in well-draining soil.
Water well until established, and then the plant is drought-tolerant.
Deadhead flowers to promote new growth.
This fast-growing plant flowers from summer to fall, but deadheading will promote new growth.
It tolerates full sun and heat.
Butterflies also love this species.
It is low-maintenance, sterile, and self-cleaning, so there is no need to deadhead.
This flower always looks full yet tidy.
Plant in full to partial sun in loamy or sandy soil, and provide average water.
Grow this Salvia in a cutting garden or as a border or container plant.
The plant is sterile and self-cleaning, so there’s no need to deadhead.
Plant in full to part sun in rich, fertile soil that is loamy or sandy.
Use mulch one or two inches deep around the plant, but avoid the stem.
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Stars and StripesTM Pentas
Hummingbirds will buzz around these vivid red flowers with pink centers.
Stars and StripesTM Pentas produce abundant clusters of blooms from spring to fall.
Attractive variegation marks the foliage.
They don’t require much care other than lots of sun, water, and heat.
Deadhead flowers to encourage more blooms.
Removing blooms for cut flowers will help promote new growth.
It grows quickly, is resistant to many pests, and comes back every year.
It blooms in early spring and reblooms throughout summer.
Cut showy stems for a seasonal arrangement.
Bright orange blossoms stand out against small green leaves.
It works great in light shade and sunny locations.
They are fairly drought tolerant but provide supplemental water during extended dry spells.
With the added attraction of honey-suckle fragrance, these are a great addition to your garden.
Crazy PinkTM Echinacea
Largedaisy-like flowerswith drooping, pink petals surround a large orange button-shaped cone.
Blooms appear earlier than other coneflowers.
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This flower brings power blooming to the border garden, capable of over 100 flowers on a mature plant.
Give them full to partial sun and well-draining soil.
Prune after the fall bloom.
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Love and WishesTM Salvia
These tough plants bloom indeep purple flowersfrom early spring until the first frost.
These flowers are deer-resistant and blossom on dark, glossy green leaves.
Grow these in full sun with well-draining soil.
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They do well in container gardens.
Miss LemonTM Abelia
Deer-resistantabeliashows off variegated yellow-and-green leaves and produces light pink flowers from summer through fall.
It is heat and drought-tolerant.
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A mature plant can reach three feet tall and four feet wide.
This long-blooming, drought-resistant plant attracts hummingbirds and butterflies with its fiery-colored flowers.
Lantana is typically cold-hardy, but some species are more tolerant than others.
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Light ShowTM Red Bottlebrush is a heat-tolerant plant that thrives in full sun from spring through summer.
Mature plants can reach three to four feet tall and two to three feet wide.
This shrub tolerates heat, salt, and dry conditions.
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Give it full sun and well-draining soil.
Columbine
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Tall flower spikes that rise from lobed green foliage attract hummingbirds to the garden.
Some flowers have double blooms, face upward, or have spurs.
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Columbine plants are short-lived, cool-weather perennials that self-seed.
They grow in partially shaded woodland gardens or sunnier rock gardens and prefer moist, well-drained soil.
Bee Balm
Other than bees, the blooms on this plant attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
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Prune in late spring.
This easy-care plant comes back every year and multiplies.
They tolerate poor soil as long as it is well-drained.
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Deadhead to promote new blooms.
Heuchera
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Slender, delicate coral-colored flowers rise above heuchera foliage in spring and summer.
Also called coral bells, they are not planted for their flowers, but hummingbirds love them.
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Chartreuse, orange-red, purple, silver, bronze, and purple-black foliage attracts gardeners.
Plant in shade or morning sun with afternoon shade in moist, well-draining soil.
Cardinal Flower
Tall, showy red tubular flower spikes draw attention in the garden.
They are fast-growing in full to partial sun and evenly moist soil.
They depend on hummingbirds for pollination.
Cardinal flower is toxic to pets and humans.
Trumpet Creeper
Clusters of orange trumpet-shaped flowers give this vine its name.
It grows quickly, climbing trees, fences, and other structures.
Give this vine lots of sun for the most blooms.
Give delphiniums afternoon shade in hotter climates and shelter them from strong wind and rain.
They may wilt during hot afternoon temperatures and humidity.
Keep humus-rich, well-drained soil consistently moist.
Apply mulch to conserve moisture but do not place it close to the stems.
Delphinium is toxic to dogs, cats, horses, and people.
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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.Cardinal Flower.
USDA Plant Guide.Trumpet Creeper.
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