{"id":26493,"date":"2021-03-24T00:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fromhousetohome.com\/?p=26493"},"modified":"2024-11-23T02:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T06:29:17","slug":"hummingbird-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fromhousetohome.com\/garden\/hummingbird-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Hummingbird Plants: 25+ Of The Best Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not only are hummingbirds fun to watch in your garden, they also cross-pollinate plants and eat aphids as well as other bugs. No wonder so many people want to learn about the flowers that attract hummingbirds! Find out the hummingbird plants that will work best for your yard.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I love watching the hummingbirds darting around my garden in the summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s just amazing to see them hover in one spot, perfectly still while their wings are flapping so fast they look like a blur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then speed away to the next flower so quickly it’s hard to tell where they went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many gardeners, I like to do what I can to get these pretty little birds to stay in my yard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only are they fun to watch, but they cross-pollinate plants, eat aphids (and other bugs) and are generally a big help in the garden!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which flowers do hummingbirds like best?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To get hummingbirds to visit my flower beds, I like to plant lots of plants with brightly colored blooms that hummingbirds love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hummingbirds (like most birds) do not have a very good sense of smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, they use color to determine where they might find some good flowers with nectar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So growing plants with their favorite colors (red, pink or coral flowers) will get them into your yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once they are there, they prefer flowers with tubular shapes that produce a lot of nectar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ideally, the flowers you used to flag them down also have this shape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If not, you can do a bait-and-switch…use a red-colored flower to attract them into your yard. Then provide some other plants close by that have the flower shape and nectar that they are looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last consideration for choosing hummingbird plants is to have consistent blooms throughout the gardening season so that the hummers always have something to eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picking plants to ensure you have something blooming in the spring, summer and fall will keep the birds coming back to your yard all summer long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So now that we know the general characteristics of the plants that hummingbirds love, let’s get to some specific flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n