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The Garden : Tips For Attracting More Hummingbirds To Your Yard
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From: MSN NicknameHomeCookin-1249  (Original Message)Sent: 2/27/2003 6:01 PM

Take your mind off the cold winter chill.... Start Planning now for those little Hummers.

If you want more hummingbirds in your backyard during spring and summer, supply them with a variety of different red flowers! Plant these flowers, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines and tropical plants to attract hummingbirds to your backyard.

Shade Loving Plants for Hummingbirds 

Annuals

Fuchsia (Fuchsia hybrida)
Impatiens (Impatiens wallerana)
Monkey Flower (Mimulus hybridus)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Nicotiana (Nicotiana alata)
Pentas (Pentas lanceolata)
Shrimp plant (Justicia sp.)
Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus)
Wax Begonia (B. semperflorens)

Perennials

Ajuga (Ajuga reptans)
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra sp.)
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Columbine (Aquilegia sp.)
Coral Bells (Heuchera sp.)
Daylily (Hemerocallis varieties)
Foxglove (Digitalis sp.)
Hostas (Hosta sp.)
Lupines (Lupinus sp.)
Monarda (Monarda didyma)
Penstemon (Penstemon sp.)
Phlox (Phlox sp.)
Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia uvaria)
Toad-lily (Tricyrtis hirta)

Bulbs

Alstroemeria (Alstroemeria sp.)
Tuberous Begonia (B. tuberosa)
Montbretia (Crocosmia sp.)

Trees

Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
Red-flowering Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)
Red Horsechestnut (Aesculus carnea)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Shrubs

Abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
Azaleas (Rhododendron sp.)
Beautybush (Kolkwitzia amabilis)
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii)
Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)
Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)
Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.)
Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
Red-Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)
Rhododendron (Rhododendron sp.)
Weigelia (Weigelia florida)

Vines

Trumpet Creeper Vine (Campsis radicans)
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)

Tropicals

Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae)
Ginger Lily (Hedychium coronarium)

Courtesy of Article Resource Association



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