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Top Ten Native Plants for Hummingbirds

Are you like me– you love watching and feeding our smallest, and most amazing bird–the ruby-throated hummingbird? You probably already know you can put out special feeders to attract them, but did you know you can do the same thing with colorful flowers?

Here are ten fabulous native flowers for attracting hummingbirds to your yard… what are you waiting for! (List from Lisa Tompkins of the Southern Piedmont Chapter —www.ncwildflower.org.

  • Trumpet creeper (campsis radicans)
Trumpet creeper
  • Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata)
  • Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
  • Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Red cardinal flower
  • Fire pinks (Silene virginica)
  • Indian pinks (Spigelia marilandica)
  • Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
  • Red bee balm (Monarda didyma)
Red bee balm
  • Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
  • Spotted jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

Jewelweed

Happy hummingbird watching! Use the comment box below to let us know what day this spring you saw your first hummingbird!

To learn more about these flowers, such as when they bloom or what conditions they prefer, visit www.ncwildflower.org.

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