Attracts Hummingbirds - Page 2 of 15

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    Zinnia elegans

    Zinnia elegans

    This upright, 30-inch-tall, bushy annual cloaks itself all summer in purple blossoms up to 2 inches across.

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    Butterfly weed

    Asclepias tuberosa

    Butterfly weed is a native perennial with flat-topped, orange or yellow flower clusters at the ends of its stems or in its leaf axils.

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    Texas hummingbird mint

    Agastache cana

    This is a 36-inch-tall hyssop with showy rose-pink flower spikes in late summer and fall and licorice-mint scented foliage.

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    Dwarf common sage

    Salvia officinalis 'Minimus'

    Dwarf common sage is a tightly compact form of the culinary common sage ( S.

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    ‘Centenaire de Rozain-Bourcharlat’ Indian shot

    Canna 'Centenaire de Rozain-Bourcharlat'

    This 3-foot-tall canna from the 1920s has impossibly deep, pure-rose flowers recalling orchids and leis.

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    Yugoslavian cutleaf sage

    Salvia jurisicii

    This sage is eye-catching in and out of bloom, with its attractive basal rosette of feathery foliage and showy display of dense flower spikes.

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    Bluebeard

    Caryopteris × clandonensis

    Bluebeard, also known as blue mist or blue spirea, can take the worst of a hot summer (heat, lack of water, and humidity) and still manage to perform well.

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    Cape fuchsia

    Phygelius × rectus 'Devil's Tears'

    This evergreen shrub is often grown as a tender perennial where not hardy.

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    Silver sage

    Salvia argentea

    This biennial or short-lived perennial is grown for its massive, downy-silver rosettes of foliage.

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    Salvia hians

    Salvia hians

    This short-lived perennial from the Himalayas has scented, hairy leaves and forms a small shrub 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide.