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Want hummingbirds in your garden? Grow the flowers they love. Here are six perennials that attract these beautiful, busy birds.
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Bee balm
Monarda didyma
Scarlet to pink flowers mid- to late summer; moist soil; full sun to part shade |
4 to 9 / 9 to 2
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36 in. / 24 in. |
Butterfly weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Bright-orange flowers in midsummer; full sun |
3 to 9 / 10 to 2 |
24 in. / 48 in. |
Canterbury bells
Campanula medium
Blue flowers in late spring; moderately fertile, moist soil; full sun |
3 to 9 / 9 to 1 |
36 in. / 12 in. |
Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Many flower colors midspring to midsummer; full sun |
3 to 8 / 9 to 3 |
24 in. / 12 in. |
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
White to purple flowers in early summer; biennial; full sun |
4 to 9 / 10 to 1 |
48 in. / 24 in. |
Scarlet sage
Salvia splendens
Bright-red flowers summer to autumn; full sun |
6 to 10 / 12 to 1 |
36 in. / 18 in. |
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From Garden Gate magazine, Issue 51, Create a Hummingbird Haven.
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