Fuchsia 'Little Beauty'
Nectar Plants for the
Northwest Hummingbird
by Debbie Teashon
Here's a list of plants—alphabetized by botanical names—that provide nectar for the Northwest's Rufous and Anna hummingbirds. Links to photos and information are for plants listed in the Plant Gallery and Growing Guide.
*Plants I've observed attracting hummingbirds.*
Abelia grandiflora
GLOSSY ABELIA
Abutilon
FLOWERING MAPLE
Acanthus
BEAR'S BREECHES
Aesculus
HORSE CHESTNUT
Albizzia julibrissin
MIMOSA, SILK TREE
Alcea
HOLLYHOCKS
Althea
MARSH-MALLOW
SNAPDRAGON
COLUMBINE
MADRONA, MADRONE
Asclepias tuberosa
MILKWEED
BEGONIA
Bessera elegans
CORAL DROPS
BORAGE
CUP AND SAUCERS, CANTERBURY BELLS
Campsis radicans
TRUMPET VINE
Cantua buxifolia*
MAGIC FLOWER
Ceanothus americanus
CALIFORNIA LILAC
HONEYWORT
Cercis
REDBUD
Chaenomeles
FLOWERING QUINCE
Cleome spinosa*
SPIDER FLOWER
COSMOS
Cotoneaster
COTONEASTER
Crategus spp.
HAWTHORNE
MONTBRETIA
(Many common names.)
Delphinium species & hybrids*
DELPHINIUM and LARKSPUR
Dianthus species & hybrids*
PINKS, SWEET WILLIAM
BLEEDING HEART
Dichelostemma ida-maia
FIRECRACKER PLANT
Digitalis species and hybrids*
FOXGLOVES
Echinops bannaticus
Echium plantagincum
BUGLOSS
Echeveria species and hybrids*
Eccremocarpus scaber*
CHILEAN GLORY VINE
Embothrium coccineum
CHILEAN FIRE BUSH
Epilobium spp.*
FIREWEED
Gilia tricolor
BIRD'S EYES
Gladiolus species and hybrids*
Grevillea species and hybrids*
SILK OAK
Hamelia erecta
SCARLET BUSH
SUNFLOWERS
Hemerocallis
DAYLILIES
SEVEN SONS TREE
CORAL BELLS
Hibiscus*
Huckleberries*
Impatiens*
MORNING GLORIES
Ipomea quamoclit*
CARDINAL CLIMBER
Ipomopsis aggregata
SCARLET GILIA
Iris
JASMINE
Lantana
SWEET PEAS
Lavatera
MALLOW
LAVENDER
HIMALAYAN HONEYSUCKLE
LILIES
Liriodendron tulipifera
TULIP POPLAR
CARDINAL FLOWER
Lobelia tupa
HONEYSUCKLE
LUPINES
OREGON GRAPE
Malus
CRAB APPLE
MONKEY FLOWER
Mina lobata
FIRECRACKER VINE
FOUR O'CLOCKS
Mitraria coccinea
CHILEAN MITRE FLOWER
BEE BALM
Nepeta
CATNIP
FLOWERING TOBACCO
Papaver rhoeas
FIELD POPPY
Parkinsonia microphylla
PALO VERDE
Pedicularis
WOOD BETONY, LOUSEWORT
Pelargonium
GERANIUMS
BEARD TONGUE
Pentas
STAR CLUSTERS
Petunias
SCARLET RUNNER BEAN
Phlox drummondii
CAPE FUCHSIA
Pisum sativum
PEAS
Rhamnus purshiana
CASCARA SAGRADA
FLOWERING CURRANT
SAGES
Saponaria officinalis
BOUNCING BET
Scabiosa
PINCUSHION FLOWER
Silene spp.
Syringa
LILAC
NASTURTIUM
Tropaeolum majus*
NASTURTIUM
SCOTTISH FLAME FLOWER
EVERGREEN HUCKLEBERRY
Verbena
Veronica
Vitex agnus-castus
CHASTE TREE
Yucca
Zauschneria californica ssp.
CALIFORNIA FUCHSIA, HUMMINGBIRD FLOWER
Zinnia elegans
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