Plants for Hummingbirds

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  • Nicotiana langsdorffii Langsdorff’s tobacco Z 10-11, grow as annual in colder areas

    Pendulous Granny Smith apple colored, tube-shaped flowers in summer through fall.

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    Pendulous Granny Smith apple colored, tube-shaped flowers, summer through fall.

    Size: 2-3’ x 6”
    Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
    Native: Chile and Brazil
    Wildlife Value: attract hummingbirds
    Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

    Nicotiana langsdorfii introduced in 1819.  The genus name nicotiana named after John Nicot who introduced smoking tobacco to Europe. Langsdorfii named to honor  Russian naturalist Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, Baron de Langsdorff ( 1774 -1852), Russian consul general in Brazil and leader of Langsdorff Expedition of Brazil, 1826-1829.

  • Paeonia lactiflora Buckeye Belle Z 3-8

    Semi-double, velvety blossoms of the deepest red, almost chocolate, with large outer petals surrounding narrow inner petals sprinkled with sparkling golden staminodes.  

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    Semi-double, velvety blossoms of the deepest red, almost chocolate, with large outer petals surrounding narrow inner petals sprinkled with sparkling golden staminodes.

     

    Size: 18-24” x 24-30”
    Care: Full sun or part shade in most, well-drained soil
    Wildlife Value: Deer and Rabbit resistant, attracts butterflies & hummingbirds, great cut flower
    Awards: American Peony Society Gold Medal, American Peony Society Award for Landscape Merit

    Hybridized in the USA in 1956 by Walter Mains

  • Penstemon strictus Rocky Mountain penstemon Z 3-8

    Spikes of deep purplish-red bells in summer

    $12.25/bareroot

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    Spikes of deep purplish-red bells in summer.  Great cut flower

    Size: 30" x 24"
    Care: Full sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant
    Native: Wyoming to Arizona
    Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds

    Penstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning five and stemon meaning stamen in Greek. Strictus means “erect.” This species introduced before 1884.

  • Penstemon tubaeflorus Great Plains Beardtongue 4-8

    Spikes of ivory bell-shaped blossoms in early summer.

    $12.25/bareroot

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    Spikes of ivory bell-shaped blossoms in early summer.  One of the most reliable, long lived penstemons.

    Size: 36"x 15"
    Care: Full sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Central Plains N., S. to TX & NE to Maine, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds and butterflies

    Penstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning five and stemon meaning stamen in Greek.  Collected by Englishman Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) who searched entire No. American continent – parts of Canada, from New England west to Oregon, the South, Midwest, the Plains, the S.E., California & Hawaii, finding hundreds of new plants.

  • Phlox carolina ‘Miss Lingard’ Wedding phlox Z 5-8

    bridal white blossoms with pink eyes

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    True to its common name, this 3′ tall selection bears bridal white blossoms with pink eyes from June into August

    Size: 4' x 18"
    Care: full sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil, resistant to powdery mildew
    Native: Cultivar of native in eastern and central U.S.
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

    Phlox is Greek meaning “flame.” The species carolina in gardens before 1889 and cultivar ‘Miss Lingard’ before 1905.

  • Phlox divaricata Wild sweet William Z 3-8

    lavender or white flowers in spring

    $9.25/bareroot

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    lavender or white flowers in spring

    Size: 14” x 20”
    Care: part shade in moist, well-drained soil.
    Native: Canada to New England, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds
    Awards: Received England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

    Phlox is Greek meaning “flame.” 1st introduced to gardens by John Bartram. Grown in American gardens since 1746. Recommended by Gertrude Jekyll, mother of mixed perennial borders, in 1908.

  • Phlox paniculata Garden phlox Z 4-8

    Balls of rosy mauve flowers on 3' stems bloom from July to September.

    $12.25/bareroot

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    Balls of rosy mauve flowers on 3′ stems bloom from July to September, fragrant.  Perfect cottage garden flower.

    Size: 4' x 3' spreader and self-seeder
    Care: full sun, part shade in moist soil. Immune Walnut toxins.
    Native: eastern U.S.
    Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds and butterflies

    Phlox is Greek meaning “flame.”  A farmyard plant in North America. Garden phlox first cultivated in Europe in 1732 when introduced by James Sherard.

  • Physotegia virginiana Obedient plant Z 3-9

    Purplish red to rosy pink spikes of hooded snapdragons

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    Purplish red to rosy pink spikes of hooded snapdragons July to September

    Size: 3' x 3' and spreading
    Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant and tolerates Walnut toxins
    Native: Quebec to Manitoba, TX to GA, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds

    Collected before 1750. Called Obedient plant because if you push a flower it will remain in place temporarily – like a child who stays in the corner until you’re not looking.