Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Best Hummingbird Nectar Plants for Southern Gardens, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
I saw that there was a thread for Northern Gardens, so thought I'd start one for Southern Gardens.

Since I have my very first hummer this year, I am looking to add more nectar plants to attract more hummers. I need suggestions for plants that like the southern gardens and grow zones. I am in zone 9b.

The little bird that has been visiting my yard every day rarely uses the feeders I have hung in the "Hummingbird Garden" part of my yard. But it IS using several of the plants I have there. I watch it zip around that area to the different blooms. What I see it going for first is the Red Shrimp Plant. It always hits that plant first. It also seems to like all the different Morning Glories I have growing in pots. I had no idea they liked MGs, but I watch it go up and down the tall stakes that the vines are growing on looking for blooms! It also likes my Flame Bush, Cape Honeysuckle, and Purple Porterweed. And then it usually flies off.

I do have red canna in other parts of my yard and I think it hits those too. But I would like to have more plant suggestions. I would like some plants that like partial to full shade. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. And of course, any plants that you have seen the hummers use would be great whether it would be shady or sunny plants. Thanks!