These Show-Stopping Flowers Attract Hummingbirds to Your Yard

As you’re planning your garden year after year, you’re likely focused on the best annual flowers to add to your yard, best shade perennials for your flower beds, and your favorite types of sunflowers. Besides the bold color and pretty flowers we love in a garden, your plant choices may also bring feathered friends like hummingbirds to your garden. These fascinating pollinators (how do their wings move so fast?!) are not just fun to watch, but they’re also a vital part of our ecosystem, pollinating as they move from flower to flower.

If you’re looking to offer a welcoming home for all the local pollinators, you can start by checking our lists of flowers that attract butterflies and flowers that attract bees. Many of the shrubs and flowers on these lists will bring hummingbirds to your yard as well, just keep in mind that they especially love tubular-shaped flowers like trumpet flower with lots of nectar. (Note: Potted and hanging plants work just as well as those planted in the ground to attract hummingbirds.)

Besides flowers and shrubs like butterfly bush (yes, hummingbirds love it, too!), another way to attract the winged wonders is to add one of the best hummingbird feeders to help make your garden more inviting. Add some of these selections to your yard, and you’ll be bird-watching in no time!