How to attract hummingbirds

I use a mixture of 1 cup sugar and 3 cups water in my hummingbird feeders. I don't add red food coloring to the mix because the hummingbirds will still come without it.

 

Plants to Attract and Feed Hummingbirds

Trees and Shrubs

• Azalea
• Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
• Cape Honeysuckle
• Flame Acanthus
• Flowering Quince
• Lantana
• Manzanita
• Mimosa
• Red Buckeye
• Tree Tobacco
• Turk's Cap
• Weigela

Vines

• Coral Honeysuckle
• Cypress Vine
• Morning Glory
• Scarlet Runner Bean
• Trumpet Creeper

Photo © Ann D. Martin

Flowers

Some may be annuals or perennials depending on climate.

Perennials

• Bee Balm (Monarda)
• Canna
• Cardinal Flower
• Columbine
• Coral Bells
• Four O'Clocks
• Foxglove
• Hosta
• Hummingbird Mint (Agastache)
• Little Cigar
• Lupine
• Penstemon
• Yucca

Annuals

• Beard Tongue (and other penstemons)
• Firespike
• Fuchsia
• Impatiens
• Jacobiana
• Jewelweed
• Petunia
• Various Salvia species