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Nectar Plants for the Northwest Hummingbird
The plants I've grown and observed attracting hummingbirds are marked with an asterisk.*
Not all plants in this list are native to the Pacific Northwest. Follow links to photos and information about each plant linked.
Aesculus HORSE CHESTNUT
Albizzia julibrissin MIMOSA, SILK TREE
Alcea HOLLYHOCKS
Althea MARSH-MALLOW
Antirrhinum majus SNAPDRAGON
* Aquilegia formosa COLUMBINE
Arbutus spp. MADRONA, MADRONE
Asclepias tuberosa
*Begonia spp.
Bessera elegans
*Borago officinalis BORAGE
Campanula medium CANTERBURY BELL
Campsis radicans TRUMPET VINE
*Cantua buxifolia 'Hot Pants'
Ceanothus americanus
*Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens BLUE HONEYWORT, BLUE WAX FLOWER
Cercis REDBUD
Chaenomeles FLOWERING QUINCE
*Cleome spinosa SPIDER FLOWER
*Cosmos
Cotoneaster
Crategus spp. HAWTHORNE
*Crocosmias
*Cupheas
*Delphinium spp.
*Dianthus spp. PINKS, SWEET WILLIAM
Dicentra formosa BLEEDING HEART
Dicentra 'Luxuriant' BLEEDING HEART
Dichelostemma ida-maia FIRECRACKER PLANT
*Digitalis spp. FOXGLOVES
Echinops bannaticus
Echium plantagincum BUGLOSS
*Echiveria spp. (Not hardy in the Pacific Northwest.)
*Eccremocarpus scaber CHILEAN GLORY VINE
Embothrium coccineum CHILEAN FIRE BUSH
Epilobium spp. FIREWEED
* Fuchsias
*Gerber Daisy
Gilia tricolor BIRD'S EYES
*Gladiolus
Grevillea 'Canberra', G. robusta and G. thelemanniana SILK OAK
Helianthus SUNFLOWERS
Hamelia erecta SCARLET BUSH
Hemerocallis DAYLILIES
* Heptacodium miconioides SEVEN SONS TREE
*Heuchera sanguinea CORAL BELLS
*Hibiscus
*Huckleberries
*Impatiens
* Ipomoea MORNING GLORIES
*Ipomea quamoclit CARDINAL CLIMBER
Ipomopsis aggregata SCARLET GILIA
Iris
* Jasminum stephanense JASMINE
Lantana
* Lathyrus SWEET PEAS
Lavatera MALLOW
* Lavandula LAVENDER
*Leycesteria formosa HIMALAYAN HONEYSUCKLE
* Lilium LILIES
Liriodendron tulipifera TULIP POPLAR
* Lobelia Cardinalis CARDINAL FLOWER
Lobelia tupa
* Lonicera HONEYSUCKLE
* Lupinus spp. LUPINES
Mahonia OREGON GRAPE
Malus CRAB APPLE
* Mimulus cardinalis MONKEY FLOWER
Mina lobata FIRECRACKER VINE
Mirabilis FOUR O'CLOCKS
Mitraria coccinea CHILEAN MITRE FLOWER
*Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet' BEE BALM
Nepeta CATNIP
* Nicotiana FLOWERING TOBACCO
Papaver rhoeas FIELD POPPY
Parkinsonia microphylla PALO VERDE
Pedicularis WOOD BETONY, LOUSEWORT
*Pelargonium GERANIUMS
* Penstemon BEARD TONGUE
Pentas STAR CLUSTERS
Petunias
*Phaseolus coccineus SCARLET RUNNER BEAN
Phlox drummondii
*Phygelius CAPE FUCHSIA
Rhamnus purshiana CASCARA SAGRADA
*Rhododendron spp.
*Ribes species
* Ribes speciosum
Robinia pseudoacacia BLACK LOCUST
* Gaultheria shallon SALAL
*Salvias SAGES
Saponaria officinalis BOUNCING BET
Scabiosa PINCUSHION FLOWER
Silene spp.
Syringa LILAC
* Tropaeolum 'Alaska Series' NASTURTIUM
*Tropaeolum majus NASTURTIUM
* Tropaeolum speciosum SCOTTISH FLAME FLOWER
*Vaccinium ovatum EVERGREEN HUCKLEBERRY
Verbena
Veronica
Vitex agnus-castus CHASTE TREE
* Weigela 'Red Prince'
Yucca
Zauschneria californica ssp. CALIFORNIA FUCHSIA, HUMMINGBIRD FLOWER
Zinnia elegans
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