Gardening for Hummingbirds

Homeowners that are the most successful in attracting hummingbirds combine the use of feeders and hummingbird food plants. Plan plantings so that nectar-producing plants are blooming throughout the growing season. Also plant flowers that attract small, soft-bodied insects, because hummingbirds will often use these poor-nectar producing plants as insect food provide wintering hummingbirds with excellent roosting cover on cold winter nights. Some excellent plants to attract hummingbirds are (*Denotes wild plant):