Our Favorite Plants
To Attract And Feed Hummers

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Plants in green are particular favorites of hummers

Trees & Shrubs
  • Red Buckeye
  • Azalea
  • Flowering Quince
  • Weigela
  • Lantana
  • Turk’s Cap
  • Butterfly Bush
Vines
  • Coral Honeysuckle
  • Japanese Honeysuckle
  • Trumpet Vine
  • Cypress Vine
  • Morning Glory
  • Firecracker Vine

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Flowers

Perennials
  • Cardinal Flower
  • Bee Balm (Monarda)
  • Four-O-Clocks
  • Columbine
  • Hosta
  • Cannas
  • Penstemon
  • Yucca
  • Lupine
  • Little Cigar (Cuphea)
  • All Salvia species (Sages)
Annuals
  • Scarlet Sage
  • Red Salvia
  • Shrimp Plant
  • Fire Spike
  • Impatiens
  • Jewel Weed
  • Fuchsia
  • Jacobiana
  • Petunia

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Sources for Plants for Hummingbirds and Butterflies

  • Your Local Nursery
  • Sandy Mush Herb Nursery
    Rt. 2 Surrett Cove Rd.
    Leicester, NC 28748
  • Woodlanders, Inc. $2.00
    1128 Colleton Ave.
    Aiken, SC 29801
    Tel & Fax (803) 648-7522
  • Plant Delights Nursery, Inc.
    9241 Sauls Rd.
    Raleigh, NC 27603
    Tel (919) 772-4794
    Fax (919) 662-0370
  • Sheperd’s Garden Seeds
    30 Irene Street
    Torrington, CT 06790
    Tel (860) 482-3638

  • Busse Gardens
    5873 Oliver Ave. SW
    Cokato, MN 55321-4229
    Tel (800) 544-3192

  • Park Seed Co.
    Hwy. 254 N
    Greenwood, SC 29647
    Tel (800) 845-3369

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