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 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