Hummingbirds are attracted to a bird garden habitat:
- Make fresh water available for drinking and bathing.
- Provide both sun and shade areas. Hummingbirds need shade to perch and to build their tiny nests.
- Hummingbirds may become reliant on your garden. When there are no blossoms, provide hummingbird feeders hung 30 feet apart throughout your garden. The best color for a feeder is red.
- Fill feeders with a sugar-water mix of one part sugar to four parts water.
- Keep feeders clean and filled.
- Never use honey that can develop a fungus fatal to hummingbirds.
- Hummingbirds are attracted to flower colors and nectar, not fragrances.
Favorite Flowers—Perennials
Bee balm .................. Monarda didyma
Butterfly weed......Ascelpias tuberosa
Columbine........................Aquilegia sp.
Coral bells ......... Heuchera sanguinea
Cosmos...............................Cosmos sp.
Dahlia.....................................Dahlia sp.
Delphinium...........Delphinium elatum
Foxglove ................................... Digitalis
Fuchsia.......................................Fuchsia
Geranium....................Pelargonium sp.
Hollyhock........ Althea rosea (biennial)
Lupine..........................Lupinus hybrids
Penstemon.................... Penstemon sp.
Red Hot Poker ........ Kniphofia uvaria
Sage ..............................Salvia officinalis
Speedwell...................Veronica hybrids
Favorite Flowers—Annuals
Mountain garland ...... Clarkia elegans
Touch-me-not ................ Impatiens sp.
Flowering tobacco .... Nicotiana alata
Nasturtium............Tropaeolum majus
Petunia..........................Petunia hybrids
Spider flower ....... Cleome hasslerana
Zinnia.....................................Zinnia sp.
Verbena .............................. Verbena sp.
Bulbs, Corms and Tubers
Tuberous begonia............. Begonia sp.
Canna.....................................Canna sp.
Gladiolus .......................... Gladiolus sp.
Iris.................................................Iris sp.
Montbretia..................... Crocosmia sp.
Vines
Bougainvillea..............Bougainvillea sp.
Cardinal climber..Ipomoea quamoclit
Honeysuckle......................Lonicera sp.
Lantana...............................Lantana sp.
Rosary Vine.............. Ceropegia woodii
Trumpet vines.....Campsis grandiflora
Shrubs and Trees
Abelia........................Abelia grandiflora
Azalea ...................... Rhododendron sp.
Bottlebrush....Callistemon lanceolatus
Butterfly bush ............Buddleia davidii
Cotoneaster............... Cotoneaster sp.
Eucalyptus......................Eucalyptus sp.
Flowering quince.....Chaenomeles sp.
Fuchsia.................Fuchsia arborescens
Hibiscus..............................Hiviscus sp.
Lilac ...................................... Syringa sp.
Weigela.......................... Weigela rosea
