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And keep the hummers happy at the same time! Which makes it much easier to find a shade that will go with your garden’s color scheme. However since their popularity has grown, plant breeders have put a lot of time into producing more color options. They used to have a fairly limited range of colors consisting mostly of shades of yellow. So now that we know the general characteristics of the plants that hummingbirds love, let’s get to some specific flowers.ĭaylilies are very easy-to-grow perennials that attract hummingbirds to your garden. Picking plants to ensure you have something blooming in the spring, summer and fall will keep the birds coming back to your yard all summer long. The last consideration for choosing hummingbird plants is to have consistent blooms throughout the gardening season so that the hummers always have something to eat. Then provide some other plants close by that have the flower shape and nectar that they are looking for. If not, you can do a bait-and-switch…use a red-colored flower to attract them into your yard. Ideally, the flowers you used to flag them down also have this shape. Once they are there, they prefer flowers with tubular shapes that produce a lot of nectar. So growing plants with their favorite colors (red, pink or coral flowers) will get them into your yard. Instead, they use color to determine where they might find some good flowers with nectar. Hummingbirds (like most birds) do not have a very good sense of smell. To get hummingbirds to visit my flower beds, I like to plant lots of plants with brightly colored blooms that hummingbirds love. For more information, click here to see our disclosures. But we only recommend products we would use ourselves. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. We make a small commission if you buy the products from these links (at no extra cost to you).