Bring on the buzz with these blooms.
Read on to find out about the best flowering plants to attract hummingbirds to your outdoor landscapes.
The red Tomato Soup echinacea boasts fragrant, bright-red flowers that are particularly appealing to hummingbirds, Pavlich says.
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Summertime watering prolongs their bloom time.
Bee Balm
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Bee balm (Monardaspp.)
is a perfect perennial flower for hungry hummingbirds.
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Bee balm blooms come in red, pink, and purple hues.
For growing bee balm,continuously deadheadto promote more blooms, Janney advises.
Honeysuckle
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Honeysuckle (Loniceraspp.)
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This low-maintenance plant is attractive to hummingbirds, and they especially loveL.
sempervirens(coral honeysuckle) andL.
ciliosa(orange honeysuckle).
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Honeysuckle is brightly colored, trumpet-shaped, has a sweet scent, and produces nectara hummingbird magnet!
you could grow these low-maintenance, tall plants in your garden for mid-summer tolate-summer blooms.
Dwarf hummingbird mint thrives in full sun and well-drained, fertile soil.
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Once this herbaceous perennial cultivar is established, it isdrought-tolerantand low-maintenance.
The tubular blooms are filled with nectar and these low-maintenance perennial plants are a long bloomer, Janney says.
Hummingbirds alsolove the scent, she explains.
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Its also a bee magnet!
To encourage more blooms, deadhead your hummingbird mint.
Continuously deadhead as it encourages new blooms, Janney says.
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It also makes a great cut flower!
Petunia
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Petunias (Petuniaspp.)
are popular annuals with bright tubular blooms filled with nectar for hummingbirds.
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These colorful flowers come in red, pink, white, violet, blue, and mixed shades.
Petunias areideal for containersand sunny garden locations.
To care for petunias, keep pinching back and deadheading so it doesnt go to seed, Janney advises.
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Lantana
Lantana attracts hummingbirds with bold clusters of blooms that are filled with nectar, Janney says.
The vining plant is a perennial in warm climates and an annual in temperate areas with cold winters.
Plant lantana in sunny garden areas, containers, or as aground cover.
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Keep deadheading lantana to encourage new growth, Janney advises.
Red hot poker attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators with its bright, tubular-shaped flowers, Pavlich says.
Summertime watering will prolong their bloom time.
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