What are some good hummingbird flowers to plant in my yard?
Spring and summer-blooming flowers include Firebush (Hamelia patens), Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinea), Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata), Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), Coral Bean (Erythrina herbacea), Standing Cypress (Ipomopsis rubra), Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia), Turk’s Cap Mallow (Malvaviscus arboreus), and Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans). Fall-blooming flowers are fewer, but Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit), Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis), and Firespike (Odontonema strictum), particularly the last-named, are excellent. Planting your flowers in large groups will more effectively attract the hummers’ attention and will increase the duration of their visits. There are web sites on attracting hummers, feeding hummers, and hummer feeders.
