If you’re trying to attract hummingbirds to your garden or home front, it can be much more difficult than planting vibrant flowers and patently waiting. If you’re looking to consistently be the chosen location for hummingbirds in your area to feed at, there are some steps that you can take to level up your garden.
Other effective options to attract hummingbirds to your yard is by using a nectar feeder. Here is our list of the best nectar feeders on the market.
First, you want flowers that have high nectar contents. Hummingbirds are some of the most active animals on the planet and need a constant supply of nectar to fuel their incredibly fast wing speeds, so if you can create a nectar hotspot, the hummingbirds will certainly take note.
Ideally, the blooms are also tube-shaped. This shape ensures that certain bugs stay out of them but are easily accessed by the thin beak and long tongue of the hummingbirds, giving them less species to compete with for nectar.
Also, hummingbirds are exclusive to the western hemisphere, so you ideally want to plant flowers that are native to the Americas, since those are the species of plants that hummingbirds have been feeding on forever. You also probably don’t want to have to wait forever for your plants to ship or to be available near you.
You’ll want a flower that is easily accessible and that you can easily ship or pick up at your local garden store or nursery. And once you finally have found the perfect flower that matches all of these descriptions, you don’t want it to take constant attention, it would be nice to have a plant that is easy to maintain.
This is where the USDA Hardiness Zone comes in to play, which as the name suggests, displays the areas where your plant is likely to grow the best (within the United States). The USDA Hardiness Zone number will be provided for each flower, and the hardiness zones will be covered more in depth in the FAQ at the end of the article if you want to know more.