5 plants that hummingbirds can't resist

Want to attract hummingbirds to your yard but don't want the hassle of making nectar? In the 11th installment of the Statesman's Dig In gardening video series, Advanced Master Gardener Debbie Courson Smith shows of five plants in her yard that hummingbirds love.

Video by Katy Moeller

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[awkward-stranger]

This was an excellent video on many levels, but the way it was edited made the information flow along without any dead time. Great job, great video, thank you

[bernied]

Beautiful photos ! We have many various types, and it's funny to watch them interact. Thank you !

[gingerhipszky]

Excellent, thank you so, so much!!! I am in Colorado, so those plants should grow great here. Excellent tips too.

[elainecreighton]

I'm in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and I've had an upright fuchsia in a back corner. The blooms are purple and pink and the hummingbirds love it. The best part is it's been there at least 15 years and once it starts blooming it goes into fall and comes back every year

[mitchellwhite]

Your sincerity and enthusiasm bubble over with your presentation. Hummingbirds are so lucky to have you as an admirer. If ever i win a lottery or inheritance that would enable me to purchase an estate..you would be the first to call and given full license to create 'hummingbird heaven'.
All the best sweet lady.

[kosib]

you're a gardening ninja. thanks for the tips!

[randallgrant]

Excellent tips, I'll have to try a few of the plants you mentioned. I advised a woman one day in a nursery​, of buying a Buddleia, I said "Look around, these grow everywhere, drive around with a shovel and bucket in your car, save yourself some money, they are incredibly easy to grow." The Ruby-Throated birds stay around all year, we even see them when there is snow on the ground (which was a surprise to me) I live in Vancouver, Canada

[ampixie]

The humming birds in my area love the orange trumpet flowers of my huge aloe vera plant and will fight over it too!

[briza]

Very nice report 🌼💙 and gorgeous woman smiling !

[addydog]

TY for sharing.... I love you presentation... short & sweet... keep up the good work! 🥰

[delt]

I'm in San Diego I now have 3 feeders. I have 1 about 25' away and 2 hooked up to my canopy where I sit. And one of them I hang a few feet from my head. I have a pair of hummingbirds that feed off one nearest me. It's so fun to watch and listen to them close up.

[Golfnut_]

Honeysuckle and Red Hot Pokers are two spring blooming flowers our hummers love. I was standing next to one the other day and a hummer took his time feeding. I was easily within arms reach and it did not scare him away.

[bc-guy]

Nice job. I see this was done years ago and I'm in BC Canada - - but I'm betting the hummers are still going for these varieties - just a matter of finding what does well locally - but this is a great start! Thanks.

[matermark]

I have Cardinal Flower, Red Penstemon, 2 Red Bee Balm (Monarda didyma--Jacob Kline & Gardenview Scarlet), Scarlet Sage, Mina lobata, Hummingbird Mint, Crocosmia Lucifer, Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), Red Coral Bells, Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans), plus a few other Columbines & annual Salvia varieties this year.

[SheMoon]

Ich habe heute wirklich doof geguckt als ich aus dem Fenster sah un vor meiner roten Begonie etwas herumschwirrte. Zuerst hielt ich es für eine Hornisse, aber nach kurzer Betrachtung konnte ich erkennen dass es ein Kolibri war. Er war noch kleiner als ich sie mir vorstellte. Morgen baue ich sofort eine Fütterungsstation, und bereite das Futter vor. Ich bin total gespannt ob er zurück kommt und vielleicht irgendwann mehr kommen, schließlich bin ich aus Wien in Österreich, nicht gerade das klassische Kolibri Land. Danke für die tollen Infos! 😍

[ejuniorcpkm]

Agastache, zeuchneria/creeping trumpet, bee balm, catmint, and butterfly bush, thank you!

[Smelly]

Awesome, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I love to see the hummingbirds in my garden.

[overthenever]

Beautiful,
The garden looks great to 🌴🤠🌴

[Teremei]

I second bee balm and agastache. I'm in zone 5. For me in my yard they REALLY seem to love Honeysuckle Vine and Cardinal Flower.

[benth]

We raise Plumerias and Orchids. We also have two all year around blooming Orange Cape Honeysuckle. The honeysuckle keeps them around but we have also found out that hummingbirds are the only animal that can pollinate our Plumeria because of the flowers deep throat which is so tight bees cannot crawl down into the flowers. The bees also can eat of that Honeysuckle though, which at times I have seen at least a dozen bees flying around working the flowers..

Right now we have our back indoor sun room filled with over a dozen Orchids all blooming at the same time. Last week I was in that room and our friendly humming bird could see the orchids and look right at me as if wondering why it couldn't get to THOSE FLOWERS AS WELL. It only stayed less than ten seconds but I could tell exactly what it was thinking because it wasn't five inches from the glass looking in at the orchids. There have been other times I was sure it recognizes me because it will zoom down within two feet of me as if asking for water or some such amendment.
Our neighbor wanted us to cut our Orange Cape Honeysuckle way back and I said NO because it is the winter food for the humming birds. We tried feeders to no avail because the hummies didn't like the stuff we were using, but our neighbor has them eating out of his all the time he says.