The following Plants are exceptionally good for attracting Hummingbirds!  Look for their new Symbol - 

They are only on this page because at least two reputable sources included them in their list.  We do NOT profess to be experts on Hummingbirds.  But we've found that most sources that list Hummingbird Plants don't tell you where to get them.  So we're trying to at least let you know which of our plants are listed by the real experts as Hummingbird Plants.

HOWEVER, you must do a little research!   Not all hummingbirds go to every part of the country.  Here in Virginia, we only have the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird.  This is a list of plants that feed some hummingbirds in some locations.    Try searching Goodle for "Regional Hummingbird List", Hummingbird plants for Virginia, etc.  Try to cross reference our list (which can be printed) with information specific to your area.  Then make a list that covers the entire growing season.                                   

Also, when considering plants:

     -Red plants do attract Hummers but they ultimately go for nectar quantity/quality even in non-red plants, so a red plant with poor nectar will draw them in but you better have quality plants ready when they buzz in and says "So where's the beef?"

     -You need a selection of plants that bloom from when they arrive to when they leave and nesting areas in the form of trees and shrubs.

     -You should provide a Hummingbird feeder for times between blooms.  (NO honey!  Research this so you do it right!)

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Abelia chinensis
Abelia mosanensis
Abelia x grandiflora
Abelia x grandiflora 'Bobby'

Abelia 'x 'Mardis Gras' PP15203 
Abelia x grandiflora x schumanii 'Edward Goucher' 
Abelia x 'Rose Creek'
Aesculus parviflora
Aesculus pavia
Aesculus x carnea 'Briotii'
Albizia julibrissin 
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts' 
Buddleia alternifolia
Buddleia crispa
Buddleia davidii 'Adonis Blue' ^TM 
Buddleia davidii 'Black Knight' 
Buddleia davidii 'Opera'  

Buddleia davidii 'Peacock' ^TM ppaf
Buddleia davidii 'Petite Purple' 
Buddleia davidii 'Potter's Purple' 
Buddleia davidii 'Purple Emperor' ^TM ppaf
Buddleia davidii 'Royal Red' 
Buddleia lindleyana
Buddleia x davidii 'Violet' 
Buddleia x 'Lochinch'
Buddleia x 'Pink Delight' 
Buddleia x weyeriana 'Honeycomb' 
Buddleia x 'White Ball' 
Callicarpa americana

Callistemon 'Woodlander's Red'
Callistemon citrinus
Caragana arborescens

Ceanothus americanus
Ceanothus gloriosus 'Hearts Desire'
Ceanothus impressus 'Vandenberg'
Ceanothus impressus x papillosus 'Concha'
Ceanothus sanguineus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Victoria' 

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Zanzibar'
Ceanothus x delilianus 'Gloire de Versailles'
Ceanothus x pallidus 'Julia Phelps'
Ceanothus x pallidus 'Marie Simon' 
Ceanothus x pallidus 'Roseus'
Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Keystone' 
Cercis canadensis
Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Texas Scarlet’
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Chujubai'
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Spitfire'
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo-Nishiki' 
Chaenomeles x superba 'Cameo' 

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' 
Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' 
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa
Clethra barbinervis 

Achilleas (per Va Tech for the East)

Achillea filipendula 'Gold Plate'
Achillea millefolium 'Cerise Queen'
Achillea millefolium 'Paprika'
Achillea millefolium 'Red Beauty'
Achillea millefolium 'Royal Tapestry'
Achillea ssp. ex Utah
Achillea x 'Appleblossom'
Achillea x 'Christel'
Achillea x 'Fireland' ('Fuerland')
Achillea x 'Salmon Beauty' ('Lachsschoenheit')
Achillea x 'Schwellenburg'
Achillea x 'Summerwine'
Achillea x 'Walter Funcke'
Achillea x 'Weser River Sandstone' (‘Wesersandstein’)
Achillea x lewisii
Agapanthus 'Bressingham Blue'
Agapanthus 'Peter Pan'

Agapanthus 'Storm Cloud'
Agastache 'Red Fortune' PP11816
Agastache 'Tangerine Dreams'
Agastache aurantiaca 'Coronado'
Agastache barberi x mexicana 'Tutti-Frutti'
Agastache breviflora (A. rugosa)
Agastache cana
Agastache cana 'Heather Queen'
Agastache coccinea x rupestris 'Firebird'
Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'
Agastache nepetoides 'Pink Panther'
Agastache rupestris
Agastache urticifolia 'Honey Bee Blue'
Agastache urticifolia 'Honey Bee White'
Agastache x 'Black Adder'
Agastache x 'Blue Fortune'
Agastache x 'Purple Haze'
Agastache x hybrida 'Globetrotter'
Alstroemeria psittacina 'Variegata'
Alstroemeria psittacina (pulchella)
Aquilegia 'Yellow Queen'
Aquilegia canadensis
Aquilegia chrysantha 'Denver Gold'
Aquilegia clematiflora
Aquilegia ecalcarata
Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Woodside Strain'
Aruncus dioicus
Aruncus dioicus 'Zweiweltenkind' (Child of Two Worlds)
Aruncus x 'Misty Lace' PP15
Asarina procumbens (formerly wizlizinii)
Astilbe x arendsii 'Bremen'
Astilbe x arendsii 'Bressingham Beauty'
Astilbe x arendsii 'Catherine Deneuve'
Astilbe x arendsii 'Cattleya'
Astilbe x arendsii 'Hyacinth'
Astilbe x arendsii 'Snowdrift''
Astilbe x arendsii 'White Gloria'
Camassia cusickii

Campanula carpatica 'Blue Clips' 

Campanula 'Dwarf Tornado' 

Campanula garganica

Campanula glomerata 'Crown of Snow' 

Campanula glomerata 'Joan Elliott'  

Campanula kemulariae

Campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'  

Campanula lactiflora 'Pritchard's Variety' 

Campanula persicifolia 'Kelly's Gold' 

Campanula persicifolia 'Powder Puff’ 

Campanula persicifolia 'Telham Beauty'

Campanula portenschlagiana 'Birch'

Campanula poscharskyana 
Campanula punctata 'Alba'
Campanula punctata 'Cherry Bells' 
Campanula punctata 'Pink Chimes' PP13156
Campanula punctata 'Wedding Bells' 

Campanula takesimana

Campanula trachelium
Campanula trachelium 'Bernice' 

Campanula x haylodgensis Blue

Campanula x 'Kent Belle' 

Campanula x 'Pink Octopus' 

Campanula 'Royal Wave' PPAF
Chelone glabra 
Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' 
Crocosmia 'Emberglow' 
Crocosmia 'Emily McKenzie' 
Crocosmia 'George Davidson' 
Crocosmia 'Lucifer' 
Crocosmia masoniorum
Delphinium exaltatum

Delphinium nudicaule 'Laurin' 
Delphinium tricorne
Delphinium x belladonna 'Bellamosum'

Dianthus (many)
Dicentra eximia
Dicentra formosa 'Bacchanal'
Dicentra spectabilis
Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'
Dicentra spectabilis 'Gold Heart' PPAF
Digitalis ferruginea
Digitalis grandiflora
Digitalis grandiflora x lanata 
Digitalis lanata
Digitalis lutea
Digitalis parviflora
Digitalis thapsi 
Digitalis thapsi 'Spanish Peak'
Echinacea 'Mango Meadowbrite' PPAF
Echinacea 'Sundown' PPAF
Echinacea 'Sunrise' PPAF
Echinacea 'Sunset' PPAF
Echinacea 'Twilight' PPAF
Echinacea pallida
Echinacea paradoxa
Echinacea purpurea 'Coconut Lime' PPAF
Echinacea purpurea 'Doubledecker'
Echinacea purpurea 'Fragrant Angel'
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' 
Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinstern' (Ruby Star)
Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'
Echinops ritro
Echium russicum (E. rubrum)
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Alba'
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'
Eucomis comosa 'Oakhurst'
Gaillardia aristata 'Oranges & Lemons' PP17092
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Fanfare' PP15
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Maxima Aurea'
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Summer's Kiss' PPAF
Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus
Gladiolus x gandavensis 'Carolina Primrose
Hedychium coc. v. aur. 'LSS Peachy Keen'
Hemerocallis - (Many)
Hesperaloe parviflora
Heuchera americana 'Green Spice'
Heuchera sanguinea 'Snow Angel'
Heuchera x 'Amber Waves'
Heuchera x 'Amethyst Myst'
Heuchera x 'Autumn Haze' PP#12160
Heuchera x 'Can Can'
Heuchera x 'Cascade Dawn'
Heuchera x 'Chocolate Ruffles' PP8065
Heuchera x 'Geisha's Fan' PPAF
Heuchera x 'Hollywood' PPAF
Heuchera x 'Marmalade'
Heuchera x 'Obsidian' PP14836
Heuchera x 'Pewter Veil' PP8964
Heuchera x 'Plum Pudding' EU 3330
Heuchera x 'Ring of Fire'
Heuchera x 'Silver Shadows'
Heuchera x 'Stormy Seas'
Heuchera x 'Veil of Passion' PP12166
Heuchera x 'Velvet Night'
Heucherella 'Kimono' PP #12154
Heucherella 'Sunspot' PP 14825
Heucherella 'Viking Ship' PP12029
Hosta - All
Inula ensifolia
Inula orientalis 'Grandiflora'
Inula royleana

Iris (many)

Kniphofia 'Royal Standard'
Kniphofia citrina
Kniphofia thompsonii v. snowdenii
Kniphofia uvaria 'Border Ballet'
Liatris ligulistylis
Liatris microcephala
Liatris microcephala 'Alba'
Liatris pycnostachya
Liatris scariosa 'White Spires'
Liatris spicata 'Floristan Violet'
Liatris spicata 'Floristan White'
Liatris spicata 'Kobold' 
Lilium superbum
Lindernia grandiflora
Lobelia 'Cranberry Crown'
Lobelia 'Crown Royal'
Lobelia bridgesii
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia cardinalis 'Alba'
Lobelia fulgens 'Elm Fire' (Elmfeuer)
Lobelia fulgens 'Queen Victoria'
Lobelia laxiflora var. angustifolia
Lobelia puberula
Lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia siphilitica 'Alba'
Lobelia x 'Compliment Scarlet'
Lobelia x 'Grape Knee-Hi' PPAF
Lobelia x 'Monet Moment'
Lobelia x 'Ruby Slippers'
Lobelia x 'Wildwood Splendor'
Lobelia x Gerardii
Lobelia x gerardii 'Vedrariensis'
Lychnis chalcedonica
Lychnis x haageana 'Lumina Bronze Leaf Red'
Malvaviscus drummondii
Meehania cordata

Mertensia virginica
Mimulus ringens
Monarda 'Dark Ponticum' 
Monarda 'Petite Pink Supreme' PPAF
Monarda didyma 'Croftway Pink'
Monarda didyma 'Jacob Kline'
Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine'
Monarda didyma 'Sunset'
Monarda didyma 'Thundercloud' ('Donnerwolke')
Monarda didyma x fistulosa 'Gardenview Scarlet'
Monarda didyma x fistulosa 'Mahogany'
Monarda didyma x fistulosa 'Violet Queen'
Monarda punctata
Nepeta nervosa
Penstemon barbatus 'Coccineus'
Penstemon barbatus 'Elfin Pink'
Penstemon barbatus 'Prairie Dusk'
Penstemon campanulatus
Penstemon confertus
Penstemon digitalis 'Ruby Tuesday'
Penstemon gentianoides
Penstemon hartwegii 'Garnet' 
Penstemon hirsutus
Penstemon hirsutus 'Pygmaeus'
Penstemon mexicalle x 'Red Rocks'
Penstemon pinifolius 'Mersea Yellow'
Penstemon procerus spp tolmiei
Penstemon richardsonii
Penstemon smallii
Penstemon strictus 'Midnight Blue'
Penstemon tenuis
Penstemon watsonii (Not P. wilsonii)
Penstemon x campanulatus 'Sour Grapes'
Phlox divaricata
Phlox divaricata 'Fuller's White'
Phlox divaricata 'London Grove' 
Phlox divaricata 'Montrose Tricolor'
Phlox divaricata ‘Plum Perfect’
Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii

Phlox glaberimma 'Morris Berd'

Phlox glaberrima triflora
Phlox maculata 'Alpha'
Phlox maculata 'Miss Lingard'
Phlox maculata 'Natasha'
Phlox paniculata 'David' 
Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'
Phlox paniculata 'Katherine'
Phlox paniculata 'Laura'
Phlox paniculata 'LSS Vincent'
Phlox paniculata 'Nicky'
Phlox paniculata 'Nora Not'
Phlox paniculata 'Robert Poore'
Phlox paniculata 'Starfire'
Phlox paniculata 'The King'

Phlox pilosa 'Eco Happy Traveler'
Phygelius capensis
Phygelius x rectus 'African Queen'
Phygelius x rectus 'Moonraker'
Phygelius x rectus 'Sunshine'
Physostegia virginiana 'Summer Snow'
Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid'
Physotegia virginiana 'Miss Manners' PP12
Potentilla affinis (sanguinea)

Oenothera fruiticosa ssp glauca 'Fireworks'

Oenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou'
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivanti 'Goldsturm'
Rudbeckia hirta 'Cherokee Sunset'
Rudbeckia hirta 'Maya'
Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun'

Ruellia humilis
Salvia azurea 'Grandiflora'
Salvia coahuilensis
Salvia coccinea 'Bicolor'
Salvia darcyi
Salvia forskaohlei
Salvia greggii 'Alba'
Salvia greggii 'Desert Blaze'
Salvia greggii 'Diana'
Salvia greggii 'Flame'
Salvia greggii 'Furman's Red'
Salvia greggii 'Purple'
Salvia greggii 'Watermelon'
Salvia greggii 'Yellow Cloud'
Salvia greggii x lemmonii 'Raspberry Royal'
Salvia leucantha
Salvia leucantha 'Santa Barbara' PP12949
Salvia leucantha 'Variegata'
Salvia microphylla 'Hoja Grande'
Salvia microphylla 'Orange Door'
Salvia microphylla 'San Carlos Festival'
Salvia officinalis purpurea
Salvia penstemonoides
Salvia stepposa
Salvia uliginosa
Scabiosa ochroleuca
Sidalcea malviflora 'Party Girl'
Silene virginica
Silene virginica 'Emma's Blush' 
Silene virginica 'Pink Form'

Silphium perfoliatum (holds water for drinking)
Solidago canadensis 'Baby Gold'
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
Solidago sphacelata 'Golden Fleece'
Spigelia marilandica
Stachys coccinea
Stachys grandiflora 'Rosea'
Stachys minor 'Alba'
Stachys minor 'Lavender'
Stachys officinalis
Stachys strictiflora var. strictiflora
Stipa (Nassella) capillata
Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols' PP10660
Thalictrum flavum subsp. glaucum
Thalictrum ichangense
Tiarella cordifolia 'Brandywine'
Vernonia arkansana
Viola koreana 'Sylettas'
Waldsteinia fragarioides
Wulfenia carinthiaca

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