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Hummingbird
Garden Design
Plant Descriptions
Name:
Bee
Balm
Botanical:
Monarda
Height
x Width:
2-4' H x 1-2' W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
Red, Burgundy, or Pink
Bloom
Time:
Summer
Water:
Performs best in moisture retentive
soils
Features:
Enormously large,
nectar rich blooms arranged in
whirling clusters atop tall stems
are a hummingbird magnet! The
most mildew-resistant selection.
Companions:
Combine
with other plants that attract
hummingbirds and that prefer moisture
retentive soils.
Name:
Butterfly
Bush 'Wine or Royal Red'
Botanical:
Buddleia
Height
x Width:
6-8' H x 4-5' W
Exposure:
Full Sun is preferred
Bloom
Color:
Wine
Bloom
Time:
June to frost!
Water:
Low
Features:
Produces and
abundance of flower clusters from
June to frost that are butterfly
magnets! Hummingbirds love them
too. Excellent specimen in the
perennial garden or around patios
and decks. Very Drought tolerant.
Companions:
Other
Butterfly Bushes, Lantanas, Yarrows,
Agastache, Asters, Salvias, Tall
Verbena, and other butterfly attracting
plants.
Name:
Red
Honeysuckle
Botanical:
Lonicera
Height
x Width:
10'+ H x 2'3'
W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
Red
Bloom
Time:
Off and on through the warm
season
Water:
Low once established
Features:
An abundance of dangling clusters
of red trumpet-shaped flowers
are a hummingbird magnet!
Companions:
Combine with
other hummingbird attractors.
Name:
Pineapple
Sage
Botanical:
Salvia elegans
Height
x Width:
3' H x 2' W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
Red
Bloom
Time:
July to Frost!
Water:
Tolerates dry but prefers
damp soils.
Features:
Produces an
abundance of red tubular flowers
that are a hummingbird magnet!
The foliage of this plant smells
just like fresh pineapples!
A must in every garden! Like
moisture retentive soils.
Companions:
Other
perennials that like moisture
retentive soils and that attract
hummingbirds.
Name:
Red
Hot Poker
Botanical:
Knophofia
Height
x Width:
2-3' H x 2' W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Orange, or Red,Yellow, Cream
Bloom
Time:
Summer
Water:
Very drought tolerant
Features:
Eye-catching
spikes of tubular flowers in
a range of colors are produced
atop sturdy stalks that rise
above grassy foliage. Repeat
bloomer. Very drought tolerant.
Good cut flower.
Companions:
Yarrows,
Agastache, Artemesia, Coreopsis,
Rudbeckia Daisies, Crocosmia,
Daylilies, Sedums, and many
more.
Name:
'Black
& Blue' Salvia
Botanical:
Salvia guaranitica
Height
x Width:
4-5' H x 3-4'
W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Intense Blue
Bloom
Time:
May to Frost!
Water:
Average
Features:
Georgia Gold
Medal Winner! Navy blue flowers
are produced in abundance from
May to frost on this upright
perennial bush. One of the most
outstanding plants in your garden!
A must in every garden and a
Wilson Bros. Favorite!
Companions:
Yarrows,
Agastache, Butterfly Weed, Artemesia,
Butterfly Bush, Lantana, Daisies,
Coneflowers, Daylilies, Japanese
Aster, Obediaent Plant, Bee
Balm, Russian Sage, Tall Phlox,
Sedums, other Salvias, Veronicas,
and many more!
Name:
Trumpet
Vine 'Madame Galen'
Botanical:
Campsis
Height
x Width:
20'+ Long x 2-3'
W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
Salmon-Red
Bloom
Time:
July thru Sept.
Water:
Low once established
Features:
Outstanding,
large trumpet flowers produced
from July thru Fall are a hummingbird
magnet! Grows fast on fences,
arbors, poles, and other sructures.
A Wilson Bros. Favorite!!
Companions:
Other
plants that attract hummingbirds.
Summer and Fall blooming perennials.
