Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: New thread: Hummingbird Super Plant, 0 by hummer_girl

hummer_girl wrote:
I vote for Penstemon, possibly Penstemon eatonii. I have Penstemon barbatus coccineus Jingle Bells Beardtongue which the hummers love! It starts blooming in spring and the blooms fade early July. I cut it back and get another round of flowers. I have it planted in the ground and in winterized pots for a few years now. I collect seeds, sow them in buried pots to stratify over the winter, and have seedlings in the spring that bloom the second year.