Friday, February 11, 2011

Plants to Attract Hummingbirds


THE HUMMINGBIRD GARDEN
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 shadeMoist but well-drained soil
Flowering crabapple
Malus spp.
Full sunMoist but well-drained rich soil
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
Light shadeMoist but well-drainedsoil
Shrubs Exposure Moisture Requirements
American cranberrybush
Viburnum trilobum
Full sunMoist but well-drained soil in full sun
American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Full sunMoist
Arrowwood Virburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Full sun to Partial sunMoist but well-drained, rich soil
Butterfly bush
Buddleia davidii
Full sunMoist but well-drained,soil
Lilac
Syringa spp.
Full sunWell drained, fertile,slightly alkaline soil
Rhododendrons
Rhododendron
catawbiense
Partial shadeMoist to dry fertile,acid soil
Scarlet Firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea
Full sunWell drained soil
Flowers Exposure Moisture Requirements
Ageratum
Ageratum houstonianum
Full sun topartial sunMoist well drained richsoil
Astilbe
Astilbe x arendsii
Partial shadeRich, moist soil
*Balsam
Impatien Balsamina
Full sun to part shadeMedium water requirements
* Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Full sunWell drained soil
Bee Balm
Monarda didyma
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Butterfly weed
Aesclepias
Full sunMoist to dry soil
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Full sunWet to Moist soil/ bog
Flowers Exposure Moisture Requirements
Cleome
Cleome hasslerana
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Columbine
Aquilegia canadense
Sun/Partial shadeMoist well drained soil
Coral bell
Heuchera
Sun/Partial sunMoist well drained soil
Cosmos
Cosmos spp.
Full sunMoist well-drained soil
Evening primrose/ sundrops
Oenothera
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Four-o’clocks
Mirabilis jalapa
Full sun topartial sunMoist well drained soil
Fuchsia
Fuchsia spp
Morningsun/ shadeMoist but well drainedrich soil
Geranium
Pelargonia
x hortorum
Full sunMoist but well drainedrich soil
Globe thistle
Echinops ritro
Full sunDrought tolerant
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunDrought tolerant
Heliotrope
Heliotropium arborescens
AfternoonshadeMoist well drained richsoil
Hollyhock
Althaea or Alcea
Full sunMoist well drainedaverage soil
Indian Pink
Spigelia marilandica
Full sun tolight shadeMoist well drained soil
Ironweed
Veronia
noveboracensis
Full sunMoist to wet soil
Hyssop
Agastache
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Impatiens
Impatiens wallerana
Partialsun/shadeMoist well drained richsoil
Lobelia
Lobelia spp.
Full sunMoist to wet soils
Lupine
Lupinus
spp
Full sunMoist well drainedloose soil
New England aster
Aster novae-angliae
Sun to lightshadeMoist well drained soil
Nicotiana
Nicotiana
Full sunMoist well drained richsoil
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunRequires perfectdrainage
Petunias
Petunia spp
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Flowers Exposure Moisture Requirements
Pineapple sage
Salvia elegans
Full sun topart sunMoist well drained soil
Purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Red-hot poker
Kniphofia uvaria
Full sunConstantly moist soil
Salvias
Salvia coccinea
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Mexican Sunflower
Tithonia rotundifolia
Full SunMoist well drained soil
Tropaeolum
Nasturtium
Full sunMoist well drained richsoil
Yarrow
Achillea
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Vines Exposure Moisture Requirements
Cardinal Climber
Ipomoea quamoclit
Full sunMoist well drained.Mulch over roots
Cross Vine (Trumpet Flower)
Bignonia capreolata
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Mandevilla
Mandevilla splendens
PartialshadeMoist well drained rich soil
Trumpet honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Full sunMoist well drained soil
Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans
Full sunMoist well drained soil

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