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Fill your garden with plants hummingbirds love, and your garden will be completely irresistible to them.  Plant your garden with the best hummingbird  attracting plants, and be fascinated by the beauty and behavior of hummingbirds!  It is so easy to add fascinating life and color to your garden! 

 

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Agastache cana 'Purple Pygmy'

(Hyssop)

$5.50 

Nicely compact perennial.  Zones 5-10.  Full sun to mostly sunny.  Blooms midsummer through fall.  Grows 16" tall and wide.  Blooms are on 6"-8" long wands.  Deep pinkish purple, bubblegum and camphor scented blossoms readlly draw the butterflies!  Favorite of the Red Admiral, Common Buckeye, and Pipevine Swallowtail! 

 

Agastache foeniculum

(Blue Giant Hyssop)

 

 

 

$4.50

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Erect branches of mint-and-licorice-scented, medium green leaves ending in fuzzy spikes of small lavender flowers.  The native perennial grows 3-5 feet tall and 1 foot wide.  The flowers are highly attractive to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.  One of the Common Buckeye's favorite nectar plants!  This plant will NOT tolerate wet soil, especially in winter.  Full sun to part shade.  USDA Hardiness Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

 

Alcea rosea 'New Wine'

(Hollyhock)

$4.45 

 

Biennial.  USDA Hardy Zones 2-9.  Bright red-pink flowers on 8' tall plants. Full sun.  Blooms mid-summer to early fall.  Attractive to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds!  Host plant for Painted Lady, West Coast Lady, Northern White Skipper, and Common Checkered Skipper!

 

Aquilegia Barlow 'Bordeaux Wine'

(Columbine)

$6.50 

Double wine-red bell-shaped flowers on 18-24" stems and very lacy foliage.  Spreading 24 inches.  Drought tolerant plant blooms April-May.  Prefers light shade and well-drained soil.  Attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. 

 

Aquilegia caerula

'Red Star'

 

$8.95

 

Perennial columbine.  A real hummingbird magnet!  Puts on a stunning display of long-spurred, upturned rosy-red and white beautifully intricate patterned blossoms.  Does great in sunny to partly-shaded gardens.  Blooms mid-spring to late spring.  18"-24" tall and wide. 

 

 

Aquilegia

(Calvary Columbine)

$6.50 

Burgundy-red flowers and attractive clover-like foliage.  Grows 2' tall.  Zones 3-9. Partial shade.  Another hummingbird magnet!

 

Aquilegia

(Royalty Columbine)

$6.50 

Nodding purple and burgundy flowers with honeycomb centers and attractive clover-like foliage.  Zones 3-9.  Grows 2' tall.  Partial shade.  Hummingbird magnet!

 

Aquilegia canadensis

(Red Columbine)

 

$6.50 

Erect, branching, native perennial.  The nodding 1-4" bell-shaped and spurred red and yellow flowers appear in Spring on long stems held above dark green foliage.  Grows 24-36: tall and 18" wide.  Most appealing to hummingbirds!

 

Aquilegia formosa

'Western Columbine'

 

$8.95

 

A hummingbird and butterfly favorite, and a real beauty!  Formosa is Latin for beautiful, and it correctly describes this gorgeous plant when it suddenly bursts into bloom with hundreds of lovely nodding flowers suspended above the airy, delicate blue-green foliage.  Wide-spreading orange sepals and yellow petals with red lobes and bright, reddish orange spurs. 

 

 

Aquilegia oxysepala

(Oriental Columbine)

 

$6.50

Flowers have creamy inside petals and plum outer petals!  Grows 24"-36" tall and blooms spring and summer.  Sun or partial shade.  Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds!

 

Asarina scandens

'Sky Blue'

$8.95

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This is a half hardy perennial vine that can climb up to 6 feet. It makes a profuse show of 1-1/2 inch blue flowers.  It prefers fertile, well-drained, sandy soil in full sun or partial shade. 

 

 

Asarina scandens

'Mystic Rose'

$4.95 

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This is also a half hardy perennial vine that has showy blooms from May-October.  It has medium-sized leaves and large, bright rose flowers. 

 

 

Asarina wislizensis

'Red Dragon'

 

 

$4.95

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A spectacular, showy perennial vine with amazing giant flowers, up to 3 inches long in carmine-red that always attracts attention.  Creamy-white anthers are revealed when the outward facing flowers open.  The multi-branching stems are covered with attractve, soft, downy, heart-shaped leaves . Vine reaches  5 to 8 feet tall.  Prefers bright shade, rich soil, and average water.  Protection from serious frost or lift the tubers in the fall.

 

 

Asclepias curassavica

(Bloodflower) 

 

$5.50

 

 

 

Beautiful heads of brilliant scarlet and vibrant orange flowers borne in clusters atop 18"-36" tall upright tender perennial with spiraling lanceolate leaves.  Blooms all summer.  Sun/part shade.  Perennial Zones 8-10.  Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds!  Monarch and Queen butterflies seek milkweeds as host plants.

 

Buddleia davidii

(Butterfly Bush)

$7.00

 

 

6'-12' tall with 4'-15' spread.  Leaves are lance-shaped and grayish-green underneath.  Blooms can be purple, pink, white, or red with orange throats.  Full sun, well-drained soil.  USDA hardiness 5-10. Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees! 

 

Buddleia davidii

(Royal Red Butterfly Bush)

$7.00 

 

Deep colored wine red flowers and deep green foliage.   Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees!

 

Castilleja integra

(Indian Paintbrush) 

 

A hummingbird magnet!  Brilliant native perennial to 1-1/2 ft. with spikes of vermilion flowers spring to fall.  

 

Cerinthe major 'purpurascens'

(Blue Shrimp Plant)

 

$5.49

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Bluish-green spoon shaped foliage, 1" long violet-blue to purple tube-shaped flowers surrounded by large almost heart-shaped purple-blue bracts dangle from under the leaves.  Full sun to light shade.  Hardy annual, blooms late spring to frost.  Grows 2' tall and 2' wide. Really draws in the hummingbirds and honeybees!

 

Chamaenerion angustifolium

(Fireweed)

 

Native perennial.  Hardy to USDA Zone 2.  15 or more rose pink flowers at tip of 3'-9' stem.  Long, 3"-6" narrow lance shaped leaves.  Hummingbird appeal! 

 

Chilopsis linearis

(Desert Willow) 

 

$9.99

Large deciduous native shrub or small tree with willow-like long narrow leaves and penstemon-like 1"-2" fragrant pink-lavender flowers. Blooms May until frost. Moderate water and sun. Hummingbirds live in this most of the summer. 

 

 

Cleome spinosa 'Violet'

(Spider Flower)

 

Annual.  3'-5' tall, topped with huge stunning 3"-6" rich deep violet flower clusters with spidery stamens; palm-like leaves.  New blooms daily from June to frost.  Flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds! 

 

Eccremocarpus scaber

(Chilean Glory Flower)

 

$9.00

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Perennial zones 9-10, annual elsewhere.  Vine grows 6'-8' tall.  Full sun.  Ferny dark green foliage and little tendrils for climbing.  Waxy, orange-red tubular blooms tipped in yellow hanging in 4"-6" clusters are produced all summer.  Attracts hummingbirds!  

 

Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii

 

$8.49 

Very appealing to hummingbirds!  Spreads to 2 feet wide and 1 foot tall.  Clusters of tubular 1-inch brilliant orange-red flowers from late summer to fall.  Grayish-green 1" long 1/4" wide leaves.  Hardy to USDA Zone 4b. 

 

 

Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana'

(Gloriosa Lily)

$9.99 

6'-8' vining lily with delicate tendrils and long lasting 5" vibrant red blooms outlined in vivid gold.  Blooms from late spring through early fall.  Full sun to partial shade.  Zones 8b-11.  

 

Helenium autumnale

(Sneezeweed)

 $5.50

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Red and Gold Hybrids.  4'-5' tall clump-forming sunny perennial produces many sturdy upright stems with sun-burnt colored daisies with round discs and drooping rays.  Blooms late summer to fall. Native perennial.

 

Hesperaloe parviflora

(Texas Red Yucca) 

 

$8.49

3' tall and 6' wide showy evergreen native succulent.  1-1/4" tubular bright red flowers.  Stiff 3'-4' and 1-1/4" wide gray-green leaves arch up and out from a central base.  Blooms April-November.  Hummingbirds love this plant! 

 

Heuchera sanguinea 'Firefly'

(Coral Bells) 

 

$8.49

 

Fragrant, vermillion red flowers and attractive green foliage.  14"-18" tall and 15"-20" wide clumps.  Full sun/partial shade native perennial.  Attracts hummingbirds! 

 

Ipomoea lobata

(Spanish Flag)

$5.95 

 

Annual vine.  Grows 15' tall with arching sprays of crimson tubular flowers that fade to butter yellow.  Rich, bronzey-purple new growth turns deep green with age.  Full sun to partial shade.  Blooms late summer into early fall. Attracts bess, butterflies, and hummingbirds!

 Ipomoea quamoclit

(Cypress Vine)

$3.95 

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Annual.  15'-20' twining vine with finely cut leaves and star-shaped red flowers.  Blooms late spring into early fall.  Zones 5b-11.  Sun or partial shade.  One of the best plants for attracting hummingbirds; also attracts bees and butterflies! 

 

Ipomoea sloteri

(Cardinal Climber)

 

$3.95

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Annual climber, grows 10'-15' with finely-cut emerald green foliage.  Masses of bright red trumpet-shaped flowers from early summer to frost.  Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds! 

 

Ipomopsis aggregata

(Scarlet Gilia) 

 

Trumpet-shaped 1" long, brilliant red flowers with star-shaped blooms along branching stems.  This summer-blooming biennial likes a well-drained soil. Native biennial.  Appealing to hummingbirds! 

 

Ipomopsis rubra

(Skyrocket or Standing Cypress) 

 

A hummingbird magnet!  An unbranched, 6 ft. column of screaming scarlet flowers in the summer.  Native biennial.  

 

Kniphofia uvaria

(Red Hot Poker Torch Lily)

$8.50 

 

24"-36" tall perennial with long, grass-like foliage and 3' tall bi-color flower spikes in orange and yellow.  Full sun with good drainage.  Hardy USDA Zones 5-10.  One of the favorite flowers of hummingbirds! 

 

Leonitis nepetifolia

(Wild Klip Dagga Leonitis)

 

$5.49

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Erect, loosely branched annual, reaching 8' in height with strongly angled stems.  Orange, tubular, furry, 1" flowers curve downward and are borne in rounded, spiney clusters 2"-4" across encircling the stem.  Triangular leaves with coarsely toothed margins, grow in pairs opposite each other.  Full sun to partial shade.  Zones 8-11.  A hummingbird magnet! 

 

Liatris spicata

(Blazing Star Gayfeather) 

$5.00

 

Brilliant 12"-48" tall purple flower spikes open from the top down. Blooms in summer.  Full sun native perennial.  Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds!   

Lilium superbum

(Turk's Cap Lily)

 

$6.75 

Native perennial grows 3' tall with bright orange flowers with reddish-brown spots and green star in the center.  The flowers are pendulent and the the petals curve backwards.  Blooms July through September. Hummingbirds, butterflies, and moths are attracted to this lily!

 

Lobelia cardinalis

(Red Cardinal Lobelia) 

 

$6.00

Showy, crimson red flowers in 8" terminal spikes.  Each flower has 3 spreading lower petals and 2 upper petals, uniting in a tube at the base.  3'-6' tall native perennial blooms May through October.  An exclusive hummingbird plant! 

 

Lobelia erinus 'Regatta'

Lobelia

 

$2.95

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Trailing annual.  6"-8" tall and wide.  Full sun to partial shade.  Bushy, flowers early, covered with small fan-shaped flowers from summer until fall.  Attracts hummingbirds! 

 

Lychnis chalcedonica

(Maltese Cross)

$4.98 

Loose clumps grow 2'-3' tall; upright stems are hairy and coarse.  Excellent mid-green 2"-4" leaves.  Clusters of up to 50 bright scarlet orange-red 3"-4" flowers in dense terminal heads.  Prefers full sun and light, well-drained soil.  Hardy in Zones 3-10.  Attractive to butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds! 

 Malva sylvestris 'Zebrina'

(French Hollyhock)

$8.95 

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Huge 3" pinkish-purple flowers have raspberry-purple markings.  Flowers cover the plant from early summer until frost.  Grows 36"-48" tall and 18"-24" wide.  Zones 5-8.  Well-drained soil. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies!  Host plant for West Coast Lady, Tropical Checkered Skipper, and Common Sootywing.

 

Mimulus aurantiacus puniceus

(Red Monkeyflower) 

 

$5.95

 

2' tall and 2' wide native freely branched subshrub.  Blooms mid-winter into summer.  Must withhold all water in the summer.  Brick red tubular flowers.  Full sun to partial shade. Hummingbirds love them and larval host for Checkerspot and Common Buckeye butterflies!

 

Monarda 'Bergamo'

$6.50 

 

Full sun.  20" tall, light green foliage, dark purple flowers.  Blooms late spring to late summer. 

 Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline'

(Bee Balm)

$6.50 

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Perennial; grows 4' tall.  USDA Hardy Zones 3-9.  Full sun to partial shade.  Aromatic foliage and square stems.  Blooms mid- to late summer with 3" deep scarlet tubular flowers with a tinge of blue.  Flowers are held in dense, 2-layered whorls up to 4" across.  Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds! 

 

Nicotiana

(Flowering Tobacco)

$3.95 

 3'-4' tall tender perennial plants produce fragrant 1"-2" tubular flowers through the summer.  Silver green foliage.  Attracts hummingbirds and moths!

 

Penstemon eatonii

(Firecracker Penstemon)

 

 $8.49

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Native perennial grows to 40" tall.  Showy, hairless, 1" long narrow tubular flowers borne on vertical 1'-4' stalks.  Flowers have five rounded lobes and stamens that project past the corolla.  Flowers are clustered along stalks.  Green, leathery leaves mostly arranged in a low rosette close to ground.  Needs little water and good drainage; tolerates some shade.  USDA Zones 9-10.  A hummingbird magnet! 

 

Penstemon strictus

(Rocky Mountain Penstemon)

$8.49

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Native evergreen perennial.  12"-36" tall with stems arising from a thick crown.  Flowers are deep blue with parts of the corolla violet and whitish.  Full sun to part shade.  Blooms in summer. Great for attracting hummingbirds!

 
 

Salvia canariensis

 (Canary Island Sage)

 

$6.50

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Tender perennial shrub sends up 6-foot white-furred stems with long, felted, arrow-shaped leaves and topped, summer to frost, with plumes of purplish-violet flowers clasped by red-tipped calyxes. It grows up to 4 feet wide.  Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds!
 

 
   

Salvia caudata

(Blue Sky Sage)

$8.49

 

Gorgeous violet-blue flowers with white centers.  Very lush, dark green heart-shaped leaves.  Grows 3' tall and 3' wide.  Well-drained soil and full sun to part shade.  Appealing to hummingbirds! 

 
 

Salvia clevelandii 

$7.95 

A fragrant, rounded native subshrub 3'-5' tall and wide.  Fragrant ashy green leaves and upright amethyst flowers growing in whorls on 12" spikes.  Starts blooming in June.  Full sun perennial.  Attracts hummingbirds! 

 

Salvia coccinea 'Forest Fire'

(Hummingbird Sage)

 

$4.95

Hummingbird magnet!  Showy native with dark reddish-black calyces and fiery ember-red colored flowers.  Annual.  Full sun.  Blooms mid-summer to frost. 

 

Salvia coccinea

(Scarlet Sage) 

 

 

$4.95

Bright red 1" long showy flowers growing in whorls along the stem.  2'-3' tall native with 1"-2" triangular leaves, blooms in full sun from early summer to first frost.  Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies! 

 
 

Salvia darcyi

(Galeana Red Sage)

 

$7.95

 

From late spring to fall, this clump-forming perennial bears bright orange-red flowers on 3- to 4-foot-tall spikes that rise above a loose, 6'-7'-wide mound of heart-shaped, light green leaves.  Hummingbirds love it!

 

 

Salvia elegans

(Red Pineapple Sage)

 

 

$5.95

 

A hummingbird magnet!  Bright red 1-1/2" showy flowers bloom from spring into fall!  A tender perennial that reachs 3.5' tall.  The leaves have pineapple scent when crushed.  Hardy in zone 9 and grown in zone 7 as annual.  Sun to part shade.  

  
 

Salvia guarantica

(Black Anise or Sapphire Sage)

 

 

$5.99

Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies!  1"-2" tubular and open parrot-beak blossoms of cobalt blue with black calyces and nearly black stems. 3'-4' tall and 3' wide, spreading rhizomitously.  Prefers moist, well draining soil and bright shade.  Tender perennial zone 8.  Perennial zones 9-10. Deer resistant.

 

 

Salvia involucrata

(Roseleaf Sage)

 

$7.95

 

Starts blooming in summer.  Flowers and bracts are a reddish beetroot color.  The leaves are small, flat, and mid-green in color.  The leaves' petioles and veins have the same beetroot reddish hue that the flowers have.  Reaches 5' in height.  Hummingbirds find it irresistable! 

 

 

Salvia lyrata

 'Purple Volcano'

 

$6.95

 Compact, hardy perennial with a burgundy basal roseete of ovate leaves that turn purple in summer and red in autumn.  Bears small violet flowers on slender spikes in the summer.  Grows 1' tall.

 

Salvia spathacea

(Hummingbird Sage) 

 

 

$7.95

A hummingbird magnet!  A clumping native perennial with a ground-cover mounding habit up to 3 feet tall and spreading by underground rhizomes. The plant is sticky to the touch with arrow-shaped light green leaves that can grow to 6 inches long. The leaves are wrinkled on top and hairy beneath. The 30-inch tall flower stalks have globular 3" whorls of large magenta flowers. Full sun or partial shade. An extremely drought and frost tolerant plant. The entire plant is aromatic. Evergreen, blooming spring/summer. 1'-2' tall and 4'-5' wide, winter hardy to 20-25 degrees F.  Drought tolerant and deer resistant. Part sun to part shade. Z8a

 

 

Salvia verbenaca

(Wild Clary Sage)

 

2' tall.  Flowers from June-September.  Deep blue flowers, 6 in a whorl.  Perennial.  Aromatic.

 

 Scabiosa atropurpurea

(Pincushion Flower)

 

Perennial zones 9-11.  Annual elsewhere.  Fully double flowers are borne in a single head on a tall bare stalk.  Ferny foliage.  Blooms for months from spring through fall.  Attracts hummingbirds, bees, and many butterflies, especially the Six-spot Burnett! 

 

 

Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Fire King'

(Pincushion Flower)

 

 

Perennial zones 9-11.  Annual elsewhere. Grows 2'-3' tall.  Full sun to partial shade.  A deep red sweetly-scented flower on top of a tall sturdy stem.  Attracts hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies! 

 

 

Silene laciniata

    (Indian Pink)

 

$7.95

 

Long blooming native perennial with 1-1/2" red-orange, deeply cut flowers in summer on 1 ft. tall delicate plants.  Attracts hummingbirds!

 

 

Tropaeolum peregrinum

(Canary Creeper)

 

$4.95

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A strong-growing climber annual or perennial with 5-lobed, light to grayish green leaves. Hook-spurred, bright yellow flowers with 3 small lower petals and 2 large upper petals with toothed and fringed edges (look like tiny bird's wings). Hummingbirds love them!  

 

 

 Trichostemma lanatum

(Wooly Blue Curls)

 

$9.99

 

4'-5' native evergreen shrub has brittle woody stems thickly coated with small green leaves and brilliant indigo and purple fuzzy flowers with cat-whisker bright blue anthers. One of Anna's Hummingbird's favorite plants! 

 

 

Zinnia elegans

(California Giant Zinnia)

 

 

Annual.  Grows 36"-48" tall.  Large 4"-6" flowers bloom from early summer through fall until first frost.  Prefers rich, deep, well-drained soil.  Attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies (from large swallowtails to fast-flying skippers).