Plants to attract hummingbirds for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Plant suggestions from the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Prince William County Office
Plants marked with an * suggested by local gardeners. If you have a hummingbird plant for the Mid-Atlantic region to recommend, please leave it in the comment section below.
Links have been added for the Metro DC Lawn and Garden Blog
** Remember: Eliminate chemical pesticides from your garden before you begin to garden for hummingbirds!
| Trees | Exposure | Moisture Requirements |
| Flowering dogwood Cornus florida | Part sun to light shade | Moist but well-drained soil |
| Flowering crabapple Malus spp. | Full sun | Moist but well-drained rich soil |
| Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia | Light shade | Moist but well-drainedsoil |
| Shrubs | Exposure | Moisture Requirements |
| American cranberrybush Viburnum trilobum | Full sun | Moist but well-drained soil in full sun |
| American Elderberry Sambucus canadensis | Full sun | Moist |
| Arrowwood Virburnum Viburnum dentatum | Full sun to Partial sun | Moist but well-drained, rich soil |
| Butterfly bush Buddleia davidii | Full sun | Moist but well-drained,soil |
| Lilac Syringa spp. | Full sun | Well drained, fertile,slightly alkaline soil |
| Rhododendrons Rhododendron catawbiense | Partial shade | Moist to dry fertile,acid soil |
| Scarlet Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea | Full sun | Well drained soil |
| Flowers | Exposure | Moisture Requirements |
| Ageratum Ageratum houstonianum | Full sun topartial sun | Moist well drained richsoil |
| Astilbe Astilbe x arendsii | Partial shade | Rich, moist soil |
| *Balsam Impatien Balsamina | Full sun to part shade | Medium water requirements |
| * Basil Ocimum basilicum | Full sun | Well drained soil |
| Bee Balm Monarda didyma | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia fulgida | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Butterfly weed Aesclepias | Full sun | Moist to dry soil |
| Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis | Full sun | Wet to Moist soil/ bog |
| Flowers | Exposure | Moisture Requirements |
| Cleome Cleome hasslerana | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Columbine Aquilegia canadense | Sun/Partial shade | Moist well drained soil |
| Coral bell Heuchera | Sun/Partial sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Cosmos Cosmos spp. | Full sun | Moist well-drained soil |
| Evening primrose/ sundrops Oenothera | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Four-o’clocks Mirabilis jalapa | Full sun topartial sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Fuchsia Fuchsia spp | Morningsun/ shade | Moist but well drainedrich soil |
| Geranium Pelargonia x hortorum | Full sun | Moist but well drainedrich soil |
| Globe thistle Echinops ritro | Full sun | Drought tolerant |
| Goldenrod Solidago | Full sun | Drought tolerant |
| Heliotrope Heliotropium arborescens | Afternoonshade | Moist well drained richsoil |
| Hollyhock Althaea or Alcea | Full sun | Moist well drainedaverage soil |
| Indian Pink Spigelia marilandica | Full sun tolight shade | Moist well drained soil |
| Ironweed Veronia noveboracensis | Full sun | Moist to wet soil |
| Hyssop Agastache | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Impatiens Impatiens wallerana | Partialsun/shade | Moist well drained richsoil |
| Lobelia Lobelia spp. | Full sun | Moist to wet soils |
| Lupine Lupinus spp | Full sun | Moist well drainedloose soil |
| New England aster Aster novae-angliae | Sun to lightshade | Moist well drained soil |
| Nicotiana Nicotiana | Full sun | Moist well drained richsoil |
| Penstemon Penstemon | Full sun | Requires perfectdrainage |
| Petunias Petunia spp | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Phlox Phlox paniculata | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Flowers | Exposure | Moisture Requirements |
| Pineapple sage Salvia elegans | Full sun topart sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Red-hot poker Kniphofia uvaria | Full sun | Constantly moist soil |
| Salvias Salvia coccinea | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Mexican Sunflower Tithonia rotundifolia | Full Sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Tropaeolum Nasturtium | Full sun | Moist well drained richsoil |
| Yarrow Achillea | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Zinnia Zinnia elegans | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Vines | Exposure | Moisture Requirements |
| Cardinal Climber Ipomoea quamoclit | Full sun | Moist well drained.Mulch over roots |
| Cross Vine (Trumpet Flower) Bignonia capreolata | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Mandevilla Mandevilla splendens | Partialshade | Moist well drained rich soil |
| Trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
| Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans | Full sun | Moist well drained soil |
