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Turn Your Garden into a Hummingbird Haven
 
Hummingbirds will visit most gardens, but to encourage them to linger and enliven your garden.  The following lists of special plants are found very enticing by hummingbirds!
Perennials and Annuals
Aesculus pavia (Red Buckeye)
Agastache cana (Hummingbird's Mint, Wild Hyssop)
Anisacanthus wrightii (Desert Honeysuckle)
Aquilegia canadensis (Wild Columbine)
Aquilegia formosa (Western Columbine)
Asclepias curassavica (Mexican Milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
Canna species
Castilleja coccinea (Indian Paintbrush)
Castilleja integra (Indian Paintbrush)
Chelone glabra (Turtlehead)
Cirsium arizonicum (Arizona Thistle)
Delphinium nudicaule (Delphinium, Orange arkspur)
Delphinium occidentale (Western Larkspur)
Delphinium cardinale (Scarlet Larkspur)
Dicentra eximia (Fringed Bleeding Heart)
Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Epilobium canum subspecies latifolia (formerly Zauschneria
  californica) (California Fuchsia/Hummingbird Trumpet)
Fuchsia species
Hesperaloe parviflora (Red Yucca)
Heuchera americana (Coral Bells)
Heuchera sanguinea (Coral Bells or Alum Root)
Heuchera versicolor (Coral Bells)
Hosta species (Plaintain Lily)
Impatiens capensis (Jewelweed)
Iocroma cyameum (Iocroma)
Ipomoea coccinea (Red Morning Glory)
Ipomopsis aggregata (Scarlet Gilia, Skyrocket)
Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker)
Lantana camara (Lantana)
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii (Sleepy Mallow, 
  Sultan's Turban)
Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)
Mimulus cardinalis (Crimson Monkeyflower)
Monarda didyma (Bee Balm, Bergamot, Oswego Tea)
Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)
Penstemon barbatus (Scarlet Bugler)
Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove, Beardstongue)
Penstemon gloxinioides (Firebird Penstemon)
Penstemon parryi (Parry Penstemon)
Penstemon superbus (Superb Penstemon)
Phaseolus coccineus (Scarlet Runner Bean)
Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon's Seal)
Russelia equisetiformis (Firecracker Plant)
Salvia coccinea (Tropical Sage, Red Sage)
Salvia elegans (Pineapple Sage, Red Sage)
Salvia greggii (Autumn Sage, Red Sage)
Salvia guaranitica (Anise Sage)
Salvia leucantha (Mexican Bush Sage)
Salvia lyrata (Lyre-Leaved Sage)
Salvia splendens (Scarlet Sage)
Scrophularia californica (Bee Plant)
Silene californica (California Indian Pink)
Silene laciniata (Indian Pink, Mexican Campion)
Silene virginia (Fire Pink)
Stachys coccinea (Scarlet or Texas Betony)
Tropaeoleum majus (Nasturtium)
Zinnia elegans (Zinnia)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trees
Aesculus pavia (Red Buckeye)
Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow)
Cordia boissieri (Texas Olive)
Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of Sharon)
Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree)
Nicotiana glauca (Tree Tobacco)
 
Shrubs
Abutilon x hybridum (Chinese Lantern)
Archtostaphylos species (Manzanita)
Bouvardia glaberrima (Smooth Bouvardia)
Calliandra californica (Baja Fairy Duster)
Cephalanthus occidentalis (Buttonbush)
Chaenomeles japonica (Flowering Quince)
Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow)
Cuphea micropetala (Mexican Cigar)
Erythrina flabelliformis (Southwest Coral Bean)
Erythrina herbacea (Coral Bean)
Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo)
Galvezia juncea (Galvezia)
Galvezia speciosa (Island Bush Snapdragon)
Grevillea 'Canberra' (Hummingbird Fern)
Hamelia patens (Firebush)
Justicia californica (Chuparosa)
Justicia spicigera (Justicia)
Lonicera canadenisis (Fly Honeysuckle)
Lupinus species (Lupine)
Lycium andersonii (Wolfberry)
Madronella macrantha (Scarlet Monardella)
Mimulus aurantiacus (Sticky Monkeyflower, Bush
  Monkeyflower)
Odontonema strictum (Fire Spike)
Rehmannia elata (Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove)
Rhododendron minus (Piedmont Rhododendron)
Rhododendron viscosum (Swamp Azalea)
Ribes sanguineum (Flowering Current)
Salvia clevelandii (Cleveland Sage)
Salvia leucantha (Red Sage)
Salvia regla (Mountain Sage)
Tecomaria capensis (Cape Honeysuckle)
Tecoma stans var. angustata (Yellow Bells)
 
 
Vines
Bignonia capreolata (Cross-Vine)
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper)
Ipomoea coccinea (Scarlet Creeper)
Ipomoea quamoclit (Cypress Vine)
Justicia brandegeana (Shrimp Plant)
Justicia spicigera (Mexican Honeysuckle)
Lonicera involucrata (Twinberry)
Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle)
Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides (Mexican Flame Vine)
Tecomaria capensis (Cape Honeysuckle)