I'm growing ..........
28 different Salvias
15 different Agastaches
1 Cape Fuchsia
about 10 different Coral Bells,
about 12 different Tall Phlox
dozens and dozens Verbena Bonariensis
1 Ruellia
1 type upright Fuchsia
6 different Penstemons
10 different Butterfly Bushes
3 different Crocosmias
dozens of Columbines
1 Spiegelia
2 different Stachys
1 type Silene
1 type Foxglove
3 different Red Hot Pokers
2 different colors of Monarda
1 color of Pentas
1 color of Lantana
Can't think of anything else in the garden and it too hot outside today.
We have 2 Hummingbird feeders with perches attached.
Marilyn
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What plants are you growing this year to attract Hummers?
It's been so dratted hot in south Texas...I haven't planted anything new.
I have a couple of feeders out and have 3 to 4 hummies that fight over them.
When I bought this house a couple of years ago I planted duranta and orange trumpet vines - they have been blooming for quite some time now and the hummies frequent them daily.
Also put in a hedge of fire bush (hamelia patens) back then on each side of my driveway. I see hummies zipping back and forth across my driveway between the two hedges when I'm out in the front yard.
Monarda is a favorite as well so I have a few of them that have yet to bloom.
Other than that...I have a variety of Salvias, Hibiscus, Pentas, Mexican Flame Vine, Lantana, Ruellia and citrus trees blooming. Still waiting for the Red Hot Poker and Butterfly Bushes to bloom.
It's just so hot...seedlings quickly wilt out here. Will be adding more when the Fall season rolls around.
~ Cat
I envy your diverse salvia collection. Salvias are a hummingbird favorite. This year, the garden is home to salvia greggiis, agastache rupestris, agastache desert sunrise, zauschneria californica, zauschneria orange carpet, coral honeysuckle vine, cape fuchsia, fuchsia gartenmeister, hamelia patens, hibiscus, penstemons, flowering tobacco, bougainvillea, columbine and cigar plants. I have a few petunias, butterfly bushes, and verbenas that are advertised as hummingbird friendly but they are entirely ignored by the hummingbirds. If I were to name the plants ranked highest among the very discerning birds, I would chose salvia greggiis and zauschnerias which are blanketed with nectar rich blooms.
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The hummers have been ignoring my lantana and butterfly bush this year but they are "cuckoo for cuphea". I have 3 firecracker cupheas and they love that even more than the feeders. For some reason my red hot poker isn't blooming so far which is odd. I lost one. The other one has good foliage, it's just not putting out any pokers. They are also fans of my Rose of Sharon.
I have yet to see a hummer this year, but we had them last year so I have high hopes. I have 3 varieties of weigela, columbine, New York aster, purple coneflower, shasta daisy, scabiosa, Russian sage, rudbeckia, monarda which has yet to bloom. I have 2 butterfly bushes that look to be goners, and some campanula that I think the Canada geese are eating. There is also a clematis and some daylilies. I have one feeder up and my next door neighbor has one also. And she has a lot of hummer friendly plantings as well. Here's a pic of my 'fairy' garden with hummer plants from earlier this spring, looking towards my neighbor's house. Only the weigela and columbine were blooming.
