03/13/2026
🐦 Want more hummingbirds in your garden? Customers are always asking for hummingbird attracting plants.
Hummingbirds love bright colors, tubular blooms, and nectar-rich flowers. With the right plant selection, containers, gardens, and landscapes can become a feeding destination all season long.
⬇️ Save this list to reference when planning plantings or helping customers choose hummingbird favorites!
🌸 Hummingbird-Attracting Annuals
• Agastache (annual types)
• Calibrachoa
• Cleome
• Cuphea
• Fuchsia
• Lantana
• Lobelia
• Nasturtium
• Petunia
• Salvia (annual varieties)
• Scaevola
• Verbena
• Zinnia
⭐ Top annual magnets:
Cuphea • Salvia • Fuchsia • Lantana • Petunia • Verbena
🌿 Hummingbird-Attracting Perennials
• Agastache (Hyssop)
• Ageratum
• Buddleia
• Coreopsis
• Dianthus
• Echinacea
• Gaillardia
• Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
• Monarda (Bee Balm)
• Nepeta
• Penstemon
• Phlox
• Salvia (perennial types)
• Veronica
⭐ Top perennial magnets:
Monarda • Penstemon • Agastache • Salvia • Lobelia cardinalis
💡 Plant a mix of these varieties and hummingbirds will keep coming back all season long.
Pictured: Cuphea honeybells, Lantana Hot Blooded® Mega Red, Salvia Black & Bloom, Penstemon Rock Candy® Pink Improved, Agastache Summerlong™ Lemon, and Buddleia Chrysalis™ Cranberry.