How to Grow a Hummingbird Garden

I have a feeder and grow plants for them .I have butterfly
bushes,Lantana orange trumpet,hosta ,I have a bunch of birds .They
are so pretty ,I love to watch them at the feeders .

The more feeding opportunities, the more that will visit. I had
two constantly around the one feeder last year; this year I have
four hummers that regularly fight/play around the 3 feeders I have
set up, and they keep it going all day; fun to watch. They also
like the small zinnia/cosmos flower garden that easily grew from
seed I threw out on bare ground.

Hi There, I live in a rural area of Central Colombia. Here I
have year around daily visits of 4 species of Hummers. I find it
impossible to Identify them as there are 350 species in Colombia. I
only recognise a few individuals by their territory. Here the seem
to like Hibiscus for some reason. They also visit a plant with
small blue flowers.

For many years now I have reserved an area on the shady side of
my house for the annual regrowth of spotted jewelweed
(Touch-me-not) which is especially adapted for visitation and
pollination by hummingbirds. It is a unique plant in many ways. The
ripe seed capsules explode when barely touched, thus the name. It
has medicinal qualities as a remedy for the itch of poison ivy and
anti-fungal action for athlete's foot and ringworm. The seeds
germinate easily if given a bit of moisture so you never have to
concern yourself over planting. Find it in the wild in moist shady
locations along streams and in woodlands. Have fun collecting the
seeds (kids love to do that). Scatter the seeds where you want your
Jewelweed patch and next year, and for years to come, you and the
hummingbirds will be pleasantly rewarded.

I have been blessed with the wild morning glories all around my
swing, birdbath, and harbors. The darling little ones are in
constant feeding, along with the feeder I just refilled. They are
such an enchanting vision when sit for a spell. I truly love
watching them. Thank You

I have seen many hummingbirds visiting my Mexican Petunia. I
know these lovely flowers are considered invasive. I have planted
mine where I want them to wander and multiply.

In my backyard I have: Salvia, Roses of Sharon, Chaste Trees,
and Butterfly Bushes. I have seen them feeding at all four types of
plants, but they like the Salvia (a red Sage variety), the
best!

The hummingbirds that visit our home have been partial to
columbine in the spring and later to the sage and the flower heads
on the lambs ears. I used to remove the flower heads because they
become heavy and tend to fall over until one day I saw how well the
hummers like them. You wouldn't think such tiny flowers would be so
attractive to them but they must taste really good. I also keep
fresh sugar water in a feeder in the shade of the front porch where
it keeps cool and I can see them when they come for a drink. I make
enough to fill the feeder twice by mixing 1 part sugar to 4 parts
water and boiling briefly to inhibit bacteria growth. After it
cools, I fill the feeder and keep the rest in a jar in the
refrigerator. Don't use color, it's not good for them. I love my
little jewels.

Gosh, I hate to keep harpig on this, but we live in Houston,
Texas, and everything grows here. As for Hummingbirds, they pass
trough in the spring and again in the fall. Since we have many
vines and exotic tropicals, including Hummingbird and Butterfly
bushes, we are blessed with both types of visitors. In addition,
native finches have made our nest boxes their regular sprig home.
Now if we could only get the squirrels from pulling all the pecans
from the tree before they ripen. Guess we will need to tame a few
owls, that would take care of that problem - or a hawk or
two.

The hummers here in my yard absolutely love the cigar plants,
all the salvias, especially the red sage, the black and blue sage
(which they love to perch on the stalks), turks cap shrub, shrimp
plants, pentas, tropical milkweeds, tithonia (mexican sunflowers),
Cannas, Bottlebrush shrub, Lantana the shrub variety, etc., and the
numerous wildflowers that are found in the surrounding
woods.