Digitalis purpurea

Foxglove

Hummingbirds prefer reddish, nectar-filled tubular flowers with little or no scent. These foxglove blooms fit the bill perfectly. The tiny, flittery critters also are attracted to pink and orange flowers

 

 

 

Dicentra

Bleeding Heart

Brighten shady spots in spring with the pink (or white) flowers of bleeding-heart. The ferny foliage is as attractive as the dainty teardrop-shaped blooms, which appear in 2-3-foot tall arching sprays.

 

 

Alcea rosea

 

 

Hollyhock

These old-fashioned favorites are renowned for their tall (up to 12 feet!) spikes of single or double flowers. Best at the back of the border, hollyhocks come in annual and perennial varieties.

 

 

Kniphofia uvaria

Red-Hot Poker

Red hot poker features tall spikes of scarlet, yellow, white, and orange tubular flowers, and fountain-like clumps of coarse, grassy, gray-green 2- to 3-foot-long foliage. It is impressive in small groupings at the back of the perennial border, or as a single, specimen plant.

 

 

Monarda didyma

Bee Balm

Almost too easy to grow, bee balm has a way of taking over. But, if you have the room, you'll appreciate this rapidly spreading beauty. In addition to hummingbirds, this 3-foot-tall plant is a favorite of butterflies.

 

 

 

Fuschia sp

Fuschia

If you're lucky, you can draw hummingbirds to your porch by potting up fuschia. The distinctive downward facing flowers make this trailing plant ideal for high-hanging baskets. The flowers, often bi-color, appear in shades of red, white, pink, and or purple.