ULTIMATE GUIDE TO Hummingbirds

Enjoy the whirr of tiny wings when you create a space that these majestic fliers want to return to again and again

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Eye-Catching Red Blooms

Famously drawn to crimson nectar sources, hummingbirds stop for sips at these beauties

1. Columbine ZONES 3 TO 8

2. Scarlet bee balm ZONES 4 TO 9

3. Mandevilla ZONES 10 TO 11, ANNUAL ELSEWHERE

4. Firecracker penstemon ZONES 4 TO 9

5. Red yucca ZONES 6 TO 10

6. Cardinal flower ZONES 3 TO 9

7. Scarlet sage ZONES 8 TO 10, ANNUAL ELSEWHERE

8. California fuchsia ZONES 8 TO 11

Tried-and-True Plant Picks

Readers share the blooms hummingbirds love most in their backyards

Hummingbirds love to hover around our canna lilies and enjoy the nectar. Once the flowers bloom, the birds go to them instead of the feeder. Robert and Lois Hammond LEONARDO, NJ

Every year I buy a big, beautiful ivy geranium to hang in front of my living room window. The hummingbirds love the nectar and perching on the vines. Sue Williams SCAPPOOSE, OR

My ruby-throated hummingbirds are addicted to Vermillionaire firecracker plant! Helen Gorski STANHOPE, NJ