Hummingbird Flowers

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)

• Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata)
• Red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
• Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

• Fire pinks (Silene virginica)
• Indian pinks (Spigelia marilandica)
• Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
• Red bee balm (Monarda didyma)

• Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
• Spotted jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

Happy hummingbird watching!