Hummingbird delight!

Looking to bring hummingbirds into your garden? Who wouldn’t be? They’re beautiful to watch, they pollinate your flowers as they collect nectar plus they often eat small insects. Serve up their favorites and you’ll soon see them zipping and zooming around.

This full-sun planting has five nectar-rich plants the flying little ornaments go crazy over! Click ahead to learn more about each one.

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Rose of Sharon

Hibiscus syriacus Bali

Type Shrub

Blooms Large single white flowers with dark red eye in summer

Light Full sun

Size 5 to 8 ft. tall, 4 to 7 ft. wide

Cold-hardy USDA zones 5 to 8

Heat-tolerant AHS zones 8 to 1

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Batface plant

Cuphea llavea

Type Tender perennial

Blooms Red with dark purple centers from late spring to frost

Light Full sun to part shade

Size 18 to 24 in. tall, 24 to 36 in. wide

Cold-hardy USDA zones 9 to 11

Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1

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Penstemon

Penstemon barbatus

Type Perennial

Blooms Red or pink tubular summer flowers on long stems

Light Full sun

Size 1 to 4 ft. tall, 1 to 3 ft. wide

Cold-hardy USDA zones 4 to 9

Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1

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Butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Type Perennial

Blooms Bright orange flowers from mid- to late summer

Light Full sun to part shade

Size 1 to 3 ft. tall, 1 to 2 ft. wide

Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 9

Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1

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Petunia

Petunia Shock Wave™ Denim

Type Annual

Blooms Masses of 2-in. light blue to dark purple flowers all summer

Light Full sun to part shade

Size 7 to 10 in. tall, 30 to 36 in. wide

Heat-tolerant AHS zones 12 to 1