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!)
The following Links will take you to a picture page of that
plant. Use your Back Button to return to this page at
the exact spot where you were on these very long lists! This
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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'
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Buddleia davidii 'Black Knight'
Buddleia davidii 'Opera'
Buddleia davidii 'Peacock'
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Buddleia davidii 'Petite Purple'
Buddleia davidii 'Potter's Purple'
Buddleia davidii 'Purple Emperor'
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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
Cornus sericea 'Hedgerows Gold'
Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi'
Diervilla rivularis
Elaeagnus pungens
Elaeagnus pungens 'Clemson Variegated'
Elaeagnus x ebbingei
'Eleador'
Elaeagnus pungens 'Variegata'
Fuchsia magellanica 'Aurea'
Gaultheria shallon
Halesia monticola 'Variegata'
Halesia tetraptera (caroliniana)
Halesia tetraptera (caroliniana) 'Wedding Bells'
Hibiscus coccineus
Hibiscus dasycalyx
Hibiscus moscheutos 'Disco Bell White'
Hibiscus moscheutos 'Lady Baltimore'
Hibiscus moscheutos 'Lord Baltimore'
Hibiscus syriacus 'Variegata'
Holodiscus discolor
Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud'
Leycesteria formosa
Leycesteria formosa 'Golden Lanterns' PPAF
Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red'
Rubus parviflora (Thimbleberry)
Salix (Willows) Many choices on this page - too many to list
here!
Multipurpose Plants - nectar from
flowers; home to small insects; downy filaments from seed
provide nesting material
Sambucus nigra 'Gerda' PP12,305
Sambucus nigra 'Guincho Purple'
Sambucus nigra f. laciniata
Sambucus nigra 'Madonna'
Sambucus nigra 'Variegata'
Sambucus racemosa 'Sutherland Gold'
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Magic Berry'
Syringa meyeri 'Miss Kim'
Tecoma stans var. angustata
Vitex agnus-castus
Vitex agnus-castus 'Abbeville Blue'
Vitex agnus-castus 'Blue Spire'
Vitex agnus-castus 'Shoal Creek'
Vitex agnus-castus 'Silver Spire'
Vitex negundo
Vitex negundo 'Cannabifolia'
Vitex negundo 'Heterophyllum'
Weigela coraeensis
Weigela florida 'Carnaval'
Weigela florida 'Java Red' ('Rhoni')
Weigela florida 'Polka'
Weigela florida 'Rubidor'
Weigela florida 'Variegata'
Weigela 'Alexandria' PP#10772
Weigela japonica var. sinica
Weigela subsessilis 'Canary'
Vines:
Bignonia capreolata
Bignonia capreolata 'Dragon Lady'
Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty'
Campsis grandiflora 'Morning Calm'
Campsis radicans
Campsis radicans 'Flava'
Campsis radicans
'Judy'
Campsis x tagliabuana 'Mme. Galen'
Gelsemium
sempervirens
Gelsemium sempervirens 'Margarita'
Jasminum x
stephanense
Lonicera periclymenum var. serotina
Lonicera tatarica (red form)
Passiflora incranta
Wisteria frutescens 'Amethyst Falls'
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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)
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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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