50 Ways to love your garden: Twenty one – attracting hummingbirds

If you plant the plants hummingbirds love, filling feeders will be a task of the past.

Hummingbirds feed from the air, inserting their straw-like beaks into trumpet shaped flowers.  Planting sages, agastache, bee balm, honeysuckle, cardinal flower, pentas, are some of the hummingbirds favorites. Plant en masse to act as a beacon the hummingbird looking for a sip.  This also gives plenty of plant creating reason for the hummingbird to hand out just a little bit longer.

Did you notice the plants listed above are native?  That’s right, our native plants are favored and designed for our native bird.  Plant today and see what tomorrow may bring.


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