Tiny, iridescent hummingbirds can be an exciting addition to your backyard wildlife habitat. If hummingbirds live in your area, you can attract them by planting red, tubular flowers. There are many red-flowered plants to choose from. Over 160 native, North American plants depend exclusively on hummingbirds for pollination. Many of the red-flowered annuals, perennials, vines, and shrubs available from mail order sources or local garden centers have been developed from the native red-flowered plants of the western hemisphere.

Here is a list of some of the plants that most successfully attract hummingbirds:

Beebalm - Monarda
Cardinalflower - Lobelia cardinalis
Coralbells - Heuchera sanguinea
Cypressvine - Ipomoea quamoclit
Fire Pink - Silene virginica
Geigertree - Cordia
Red Buckeye - Aesculus pavia
Scarlet Morningglory - Ipomoea
Scarlet Paintbrush - Castilleja
Scarlet Penstemon - Penstemon
Scarlet Petunia - Ruellia
Scarlet Salvia - Cistus salviifolius
Scarletbush - Hamelia patens
Trumpet Creeper - Campsis radicans
Trumpet Honeysuckle - Lonicera sempervirens