Hummingbird-Attracting Plants on Thursday, June 16, 2011

If you're enjoying your garden these days, and considering what to plant for wildlife, this list of hummingbird-attracting plants might help!

Hummingbird - Attracting Plants:
Common Name -  Scientific Name
ANNUALS
Nasturtium - Tropaeolum majus
Petunia - Petunia, single bloom
Red Salvia - Salvia splendens
Scarlet Runner Bean - Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Snapdragon - Antirrhunum majus

PERENNIALS
Bee Balm - Monarda didyma
Bleeding heart* - Dicentra formosa(n)
California Fuchsia - Zauschneria californica
Clarkia - Clarkia spp
Columbine - Aquilegia Formosa (n)
Fireweed - Epilobium anguistifolium
Foxglove - Digitalis spp
Gilia - Gilia spp (n)
Hedge-nettle - Stachys cooleyae (n)
Monkey Flower -  Mimulus spp (n)
Cardinal Flower - Lobelia cardinalis
Paintbrush - Castilleja spp (n)
Penstemon - Penstemon spp (n)
Salvia - Salvia spp
Scabiosa - Scabiosa spp
Trumpet Honeysuckle - Lonicera ciliosa (n)
Trumpet Vine -  Campsis radicans
SHRUBS
Hardy Fuchsia - Fuchsia magellanica
Huckleberry -  Vaccinium sp. (n)
Indian Plum* -  Oemleria cerasiformis (n)
Manzanita - Arctostaphylus spp (n)
Red-Flowering Currant* - Ribes sanguineum (n)
Salal - Gaultheria shallon (n)
Salmonberry - Rubus spectabilis (n)
Salmonberry* - Rubus spectabilis (n)
Serviceberry - Amelanchier alnifolia (n)
Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus(n)
Weigela - Weigela spp
TREES
Crabapple - Pyrus fusca (n)
Dogwood - Cornus nuttallii (n)
Hawthorn* - Crataegus spp. (n)
Madrone - Arbutus menziesii (n)

(n) native species available; *early blooming: especially important for Rufous Hummingbirds