2007-02-20 05:08:11 · 8 answers · asked by Qwerty Byte 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Hard to say which specific flowers since I can read their minds...lol
Since hummers, like most birds, have virtually no sense of smell, the flowers that attract them tend to have little or no fragrance, apparently directing their resources instead toward high visibility and nectar production. They seem to love all tubular flowers and are very attracted to the ones that are BRIGHT colored like BRIGHT RED ,BRIGHT PINK and BRIGHT YELLOW.
Here is a list of things to plant for a hummingbird garden.. :)
TREES AND SHRUBS:
Azalea
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
Cape Honeysuckle
Flame Acanthus
Flowering Quince
Lantana
Manzanita
Mimosa
Red Buckeye
Tree Tobacco
Turk's Cap
Weigela
VINES:
Coral Honeysuckle
Cypress Vine
Morning Glory
Scarlet Runner Bean
Trumpet Creeper .
PERENNIALS:
Bee Balm (Monarda)
Canna
Cardinal Flower
Columbine
Coral Bells
Four O'Clocks
Foxglove
Hosta
Hummingbird Mint (Agastache)
Little Cigar
Lupine
Penstemon
Yucca
ANNUALS:
Beard Tongue (and other penstemons)
Firespike
Fuchsia
Impatiens
Jacobiana
Jewelweed
Petunia
Various Salvia species
Shrimp Plant
NOTE: Japanese Honeysuckle attracts hummingbirds, too, but it's an invasive and troublesome exotic species that's no longer recommended.
2007-02-20 05:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by ASDZA’NI 5 · 30⤊ 3⤋
Hummingbirds Favorite Flowers
2016-11-16 05:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Site Might Help You.
RE:
What is a hummingbirds absolute FAVORITE flowers?
2015-08-16 17:29:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, they probably have several, but anything that is red and has a deep cavity (not the scientific name) that holds the sugery substance. For example Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Creeper,Cardinal Flower,.Hummingbird Plant,Flame Acanthus, Red-flowered Yucca,Red Morning glorys,nearly all the sages and many more.But I have seen hummingbirds go to all my flowers. Supposedly they are attracted to red and yellow.
2007-02-20 05:25:35 · answer #4 · answered by La Cicada 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
A red bell shaped flower like a morning glory.
2007-02-20 05:23:16 · answer #5 · answered by The Count 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You know that's not a bad idea... but people are saying that red dye is bad for them.
2014-05-13 04:11:12 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of them - dianthus, impatiens, trumpet vine, honeysuckle, brugmasia, there are lots. Here:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=flowers+that+attract+hummingbirds&fr=ush-ans
2007-02-20 05:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by reynwater 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
any flowers or shrubs with RED in them, bee balm, fuscia, azalea, I've also seen them attracted to the purple/blue morning glory.
2007-02-20 05:15:40 · answer #8 · answered by git along gal 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The fake plastic ones that you put the red colored sugar water in!!
2007-02-20 05:15:58 · answer #9 · answered by KATHY A 2 · 2⤊ 8⤋