These plants cascade beautifully out of planters or containers and can tolerate full sun and heat better than other types of vining geraniums. Here we have a European Balcony Geranium. This variety comes from Seed Savers Exchange, and was very popular in Iowa around 100 years ago. Unlike the Flowering Tobacco, it has a slightly trailing habit. Old-Fashioned Vining Petunia is also a highly aromatic, annual plant. They are annual plants, but re-seed readily themselves. These flowers open in the evening and are very fragrant. This plant is Nicotiana, a flowering tobacco. These pictures were taken either at Catherine’s garden or a client's garden. These types of flowers also attract hummingbird moths, a large day-flying moth that looks like a half-sized hummingbird and is also a native pollinator. The humming noise you hear comes from the rapid beating of wings, on average 53 beats a second! In general, hummingbirds prefer flowers that have a long, thin tube shape and bright red or yellow colors, though there are some exceptions.
If you fill your ga rden with the plants below, you are likely to see a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, the only species of hummingbird native to Massachusetts (seen feeding at Monarda flower, left image credit Christina Rollo). We think you will enjoy these plants and their visitors too. Sweetgum Horticulture founder Catherine says, “visits from these winged creatures add a surprise layer of movement, sound and color to my designs.” Read on for some of our favorite plants for attracting hummingbirds to your garden. Using the right plants can make a garden inviting for both humans and native pollinators, including one of our favorites - hummingbirds.
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