Flowers for Hummingbirds

Flowers for Hummingbirds - In this video I go over some of the perennials, annuals, and shrubs that are good to attract hummingbirds into your garden.
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[@JimPutnam]

This is just a few of the plants that will attract hummingbirds. What is your favorite?

[@RevAcres01]

Salvias my go to.

[@vincechampion3031]

There’s a big patch of Black and Blue Salvia at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens that’s always got hummingbirds feeding.

[@katiekane5247]

Whichever one they're on! They do love the Fuschia & Torenia pot on my porch though.

[@dereeparker2437]

Pineapple sage (it’s a Perennial so it will come back) is by far my favorite 😊 hummers love it. It starts blooming in the fall when a lot of other flower start dying out and last for about 3 months!!! I can sit on my porch or in my office and see them flying all around it! Oh, by the way I’m am in zone 9a Every garden should have one!!!

[@SleepyKittens]

Honeysuckle vine, esp the red color varieties, and they also enjoy a sip of water from the bird bath (solar bubbler - which I recommend for your garden as well JP); Hummingbirds also love trumpet vine, but those are super invasive and suckering.

[@Stephanie-cq8mf]

I was so distracted by that beautiful blue hydrangea 😍

[@keithpugh7538]

You want hummingbirds? Plant cuphea and salvia. I have a cigar plant about 2 feet tall and the hummingbirds visit this every few minutes. I have 2 females and one male zipping around.

[@boysrus2]

A few days ago I watched a hummer working on our petunias. We maintain 2 hummingbird feeders on our deck, so we enjoy seeing them everyday.

[@adrabruzzese7610]

I have many of these plants and I still dont see hummingbirds, sadly. The bees and butterflies are very happy tho.😁. Everything looking beautiful Jim.

[@ru30sh]

Hey Jim, found your channel this weekend. Glad to see your in NC as well. Learning lots.

[@Harasezza]

Salvia "Black and Bloom" is very popular with the ruby throated hummingbirds in my yard. It blooms from early summer all the way to early November for me. Red zinnias were also visited a lot. Best plants ever!

[@dwohio8283]

Hummingbird moths visit my supertunias out front every summer. They are so cool.

[@cece_marie]

Those hummingbirds moths are fond our my butterfly bush. They really are fun to watch.

[@dereeparker2437]

The yard is looking beautiful!!!! Great video!!!

[@juliej.9200]

They love my salvia and cuphea at our house…thanks for showing some different colors of cuphea, we end up with the orange by default.

[@cavumine]

Hummers always love the daphne and fuschia in my garden. I have a Gartenmeister fuschia that I’ve overwintered successfully in my garage for the past 2 years, and it is amazing how big it’s become, and how the hummers love it so. If the deer would leave the Pentas alone, they might like those, too. Oh, well…😕

[@miamianz]

looks great, cupheas get big up to 3 ft here in central florida. the pink cuphea variety you can plant in hanging baskets they have a tendency to hang over like fuschias and its great replacement plant when your fuschias whither out. where as the orange ones grow up and tall.

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Absolutely stunning Jim 🪴🌺🪴

[@katiekane5247]

You've packed a lot of punch in that landscape! My favorite hummingbird flower is whichever one they're on, I have many of the same planted, spaced out a little more. I will admit to growing Morning Glories (in small numbers) and Cypress vine too. Working on my native slope with more Phlox & Rudbeckia I got from a sanctioned plant rescue last week and blue & red Lobelia I grew from seed.

[@jeanniecollier6763]

I have many different salvias and also place out hummingbird feeders which I clean every 2 days.

[@LitlPoot]

I love the torenia ... have 'em in hanging baskets and yes, the hummers love, love, love it !!!

[@xiomaramartinez3212]

Butterfly bush and salvia Thanks for sharing Blessings

[@Shooter12point7]

I've got a lantana in a big pot right by my back door. Every time I've gone outside for the last few days, a hummingbird is zipping away to perch in my pecan tree. While my carnations were still blooming earlier this month, I saw a hummingbird feeding from them as well.

[@anitahadley2871]

I have a salvia, Blue Suede Shoes that I planted last year. It didn’t do much last year because my dog kept running through it while chasing squirrels. I thought it was an annual but surprise, it came back! It is huge this year and the hummingbirds love it. The dog is a year older so she’s a little wiser about the path she takes which I keep open for her squirrel harassment! So, maybe I’m a little wiser too.

[@katiekane5247]

What zone are you in?

[@anitahadley2871]

@@katiekane5247 I’m in 7b in Georgia.

[@cece_marie]

Great video - excellent transitions, too. I've planted pentas, gaura, orange agastache, penstemon, scarlet sage, and have a fuschia hanging basket, as well as lantana, butterfly bush....all the hits...plus 4 well-kept feeders. But our hummingbirds really only seem to care about the Furman's sage, which is a scraggly mess that has been dug up and replanted several times. 🤷‍♀️

[@Curious-Lass]

All of those are fantastic plants for hummingbirds! I have a lot of salvia, Weigela, Torenia, Cuphea and Agastache and they love them!!❤

[@carmenbailey1560]

Beautiful flower as always, we had hummingbirds coming to our feeder, but lately we haven’t seen them. Lots of Baltimore Orioles still coming to feed. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

[@berlindaarmijo9251]

Wow!! You have a lot of flowers. It looks So beautiful many different varieties. You certainly have the green thumb and can name all of your flowers. Well done! Job planting your paradise garden and green grass. Looks so inviting!!

[@RevAcres01]

Love those hummingbirds great video and a wide selection of flowers for all zones. Nice job Jim 👍

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks for following along!!

[@Salmiyaguy1]

FYI, Crocosmia Lucifer is hardy to zone 5. it's a great variety for hummers in cold zones. And I would suggest you put in a Weigela sonic bloom variety as it keeps blooming throughout the spring and summer.

[@Taydrum]

Aloes! Having planted a bunch a couple years back, the hummers have been rewarded with consistent flowering among the varieties. But where I am in california, the two plants they seek out the most are salvia spathacea, and in my opinion their favorite epilobium canum. I watched hummingbirds feed on the one flowering epilobium among a sea of flowering sages today, it was cool to see.

[@basilkiwan8922]

I love your channel and have subscribed for awhile. This is the video I have been waiting for! I’m in a similar zone (7b, Arlington, VA) and have been trying to attract more hummingbirds and earlier in the season. I usually only get them in late July - September. Last year, I had some progress with Salvia, (they LOVE Black & Blue). In theory it is perennial in my area, but it did not come back, so I replanted it in the spring as an annual. I also planted Cuphea (vermilionnaire), and they seem to like that as well. This year I put out the feeders super early (end of March), and I have seen a few hummingbirds(3 to be exact passing through). I planted a red buckeye tree, but that did not seem to interest them at all. I have some new Monarda varieties in the yard (Fistulosa, and Punctata), maybe those will be a draw. I am trying more annuals - I planted Tithonia (Mexican sunflower), Zinnia, and scarlet runner bean from seed. I am also trying out cardinal climber from seed in a few places (in pots, or in the ground near railings) Additionally, I have a few decorative pots of plants with zinnias, and lantana - both new, and a petunia which survived the winter, as well as an annual salvia and a couple of cuphea (batface). Hopefully something irresistible blooms and I will have hummingbirds.

[@cece_marie]

The Furman's Texas sage has been the only one our hummingbirds seem to just go crazy over. I've also had good luck attracting them by running a sprinkler near a bush where they can fly through and splash in the leaves if they choose. I've heard they like the "ball" fountains, too. Also, I don't clean the spiderwebs from areas around the backyard - last year it was a treat to watch a female repeatedly harvest nest materials.

[@miryana7873]

Just what I needed. Thank you Jim!

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks for watching!

[@MarieClaireMonterey]

I wish we would have hummingbirds in Germany.

[@keithpugh7538]

I lived in Germany from 2012 to 2017, I remember every spring the hummingbirds were returning to North America. I don’t know if I could live anywhere that didn’t have them. I really enjoyed my time in Europe but I missed hummingbirds every year I was there.

[@nekovero93]

Just beautiful, wow!!!!

[@connietowler3725]

Your yard is so pretty. The Hummers should be here soon. Lower Michigan. Thank you 🌺

[@jilladcock5648]

Surprised that the hummingbirds will eat so low to the ground. I have many of those flowers and frequently get hummingbirds but some new ones I’ll add too!

[@jillmcauley5291]

Jim the Proven Winners Midnight Masquerade penstemon and Vermillionaire kuphea varieties are just like ringing the dinner bell. Plus, good old fashioned trumpet vine really bring them in. I will try a small water feature using a solar powered pump too. I am still looking for a neat container to serve as the reservoir...could be any water right object really...

[@jillmcauley5291]

Water tight

[@mariebarnes416]

Who is doing your filming? They are doing an excellent job! I so enjoy your videos.

[@richardsmith1161]

Holly

[@marywhitfield7553]

I was wondering that myself. Think he will answer. !!

[@LostInThisGardenofLife]

@@richardsmith1161 to keep her busy so she doesn’t eat grass. 🤣

[@dereeparker2437]

Great question. Was going to ask myself.

[@hobbitlady7568]

You have some excellent annuals! Love the salvias, especially the bright red ones. I have a deep, dark purple annual salvia this year that is lovely. Right next to tomato plants so maybe the hummingbirds will the knock the pollen around for me haha. Perennial-wise I have some lovely species bee balm (Jacob Cline) and the Victoria (name escapes me but it has Victoria in it maybe?) lobelia which is a great ornamental addition to my decently damp blueberry and strawberry border.

[@JimPutnam]

I really forgot to show the blue lobelia. Thanks for watching!

[@cathyscreationandvlog4224]

Great video! The hummingbirds love weigela in Iowa .

[@JimPutnam]

That is why I wanted to mention it. Ours are done flowering in mid May. Thanks for watching and participating!!

[@cathyscreationandvlog4224]

@@JimPutnam look up Sonic bloom, if you want one that re-blooms.

[@juliej.9200]

I just noticed one yesterday at my Stewartia tree in bloom💕

[@khayescobar1819]

Thank you very much Jim for sharing your beautiful garden love all the colors I have hummingbirds visiting my garden the love snapdragons and the begonias that 2” long trumpet shape. Please keep posting videos I enjoy watching them all. I’m getting lots of ideas and learning a lot. GBU

[@SteveL2012]

I have the salvia with black calyx and purple bloom (Amistad) in pots by my front entry. It is a robust and beautiful plant in my zone 9b, and the hummingbirds come by the dozens in the morning and at dusk.

[@brendahawkins4371]

Love your hummingbird photography! They are my favorite bird to photogragh.. Here in Northern Indiana they should be returning any day!

[@brendahawkins4371]

A few favorite flowers are Crocosmia, Mexican Flag vine, & Agastache. I also love when my Ft. McNair Horsechestnut Tree blooms the hummers are all over it!

[@L4sleeko]

I was just watching the hummingbirds this morning absolutely going wild over my red Bee balm. I’m going to have to get some purple and white varieties for more color. 👍

[@IwillloveU4ever10]

Amazing 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@marysmith9934]

I'm in south central Georgia and have the red bee balm. It was 4 feet tall and one of the nasty wind and rain storms knocked them all to the ground. Your area always looks nice and ours look beaten to death. We've had over 8" this month. This is zone 8b, I was told.

[@JimPutnam]

That's a lot of rain in a month!

[@marysmith9934]

@@JimPutnam Very discouraging. I'm always out in the yard working and it's not fun to see destruction.

[@roseb.7104]

Beautiful flowers!

[@marilynbaldwin2934]

I have 2 pugsters petunias but haven't seen any hummers yet they are beautiful!

[@nadaferris5928]

Nasturtiums are easy to grow and our hummers love all colors here in SF Bay Area z9b.

[@JimPutnam]

I was mad at myself when I showed one but failed to mention it🤣. That is the way it goes. Thanks for participating!

[@charlesbale8376]

Great tips and suggestions.

[@valchris11]

I need to add n more to attract the hummers. It's so hard here in zone 9b as it's scorching.

[@Taydrum]

sages are pretty heat tolerant, also aloes

[@elsagrace3893]

I have 3 sages called California Sunset. They are a yellow orange. Hummers buzz them when I am just 2-3 feet nearby. Leave smell good too. Stems can be kind of brittle so I’d keep them away from high wind, frolicking dogs and itchy headed goats.

[@andrisport]

Hi Jim, Is there a blue atlas cedar behind you at 2:51? Any suggestions on how to keep it alive in central piedmont area? South of Charlotte, NC, in a very clay soil

[@JimPutnam]

Honestly, it isn't really that picky. Don't let it sit in water. Mine is not great, because I left it potted to long.

[@andrisport]

@@JimPutnam Thank you!, Oh, and my favorite for hummingbirds last summer was pineapple sage.

[@karenbrower9952]

My agapanthus is far past bloom time. Even the foliage has died back. I'm zone 8A. Coastal Virginia just this side of the North Carolina border

[@jessbeth73]

Does your Saucy Red Salvia survive the winter in zone 7b? That's my zone too here in the Eastern Sierras of CA. I would love one of those.

[@maryjocollard8282]

The gravillia in my yard has constant hummingbird activity. I'm in zone 9a.

[@dianelombard899]

Jim I live in a climate where in the summer the temp reaches as high as 105. What can I plant besides cactus?😂

[@dianelombard899]

Just started watching not sure what you mean by “planting in zones”?

[@suzanneo1124]

What do you mean when you say, “growing as an annual”-does that mean in zone 7b it isn’t a perennial but it may be in a different zone?

[@istvanglock7445]

That's what he means.

[@cecilleflowerfarm]

Did you pinch your zinnias?

[@JimPutnam]

Yes. It was in a video a couple of weeks ago. Pinched almost all annuals and some perennials.

[@cecilleflowerfarm]

@@JimPutnam thank you.