Hummingbird Flower Bush

The velvety leaves and stems are an attractive shade of grayish green. Hummingbirds love butterfly bush s fragrant flowers as much as butterflies do.

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Hummingbird flower bush

Trumpet creeper campsis radicans. We ve listed some of the best plant families for natural nectar below. Full sun and moist well drained soil.

A summer bloomer garden phlox phlox paniculata offers hummingbirds a rich nectar source on plants that open large flower heads made up of lots of individual blossoms. Azaleas are one of my favorite shrubs. Zinnia zinnia spp salvia salvia spp bleeding heart lamprocapnos spectabilis.

Don t let its common name fool you. Masses of bright reddish orange flowers at stem tips are upright and tube shaped making it easy for hummingbirds to reach the sweet nectar. What does a hummingbird plant look like.

This long blooming shrub offers blooms in shades of white purple blue and pink. The shape limits insect access to the nectar inside. Crape myrtle is a year round belle in the south where it thrives in the warmth and blooms from july to september.

Butterfly bush buddleia. Learn more about crotalaria cunninghamii a plant native to australia with flowers that look like hummingbirds. You can even remove the first wave of flowers to encourage a second bloom.

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