Hummingbird – Attracting Plants

Want to attract hummingbirds? By all means, offer a nectar feeder. It’s best, though, if there are blossoms in your yard that help draw hummers to your yard initially. Here’s a helpful list of hummingbird-attracting plans that will do well in our climate ….

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