Unique Hanging Basket Hummingbird Plants

Hanging baskets that can accommodate a variety of plants is another container option for flowers to attract hummingbirds.

Hanging basket hummingbird plants. Replace them with million bells lantana or another heat-loving plant. Theyre a garden staple. Fuchsia plants Fuchsia with dangling tubular flowers from midsummer to fall is ideal for a hummingbird shade garden.

Use salvia for vertical interest and verbena and lobelia to fill the pot and cascade over the edge. Look for nectar-rich tubular blooms. Hanging flower baskets are a great way to be surrounded with beautiful color.

Aside from keeping flies away these plants thrive in poor soil with plenty of sunlight and very little care. Fill hanging baskets with multiple colors of petunias to attract hummingbirds. This vertical hummingbird garden hangs from your walls decks and railings with continuous blooms all summer.

If you plant flowers that also attract hummingbirds you can enjoy the color and be entertained all summer long. Red orange and pink hanging plants include ivy-leaved geranium. Only the hardiest plants can survive in these areas.

Butterflies and hummingbirds find them irresistible and youll love them as cut flowers too. Their beautiful blooms are usually two colors such as pink and white red and white or fuchsia and purple. But even vines and upright perennials such as garden phlox veronica or penstemon can look attractive in larger baskets and appeal to a hummingbirds appetite.

Fuchsias are a great flower for hanging baskets even if you arent trying to provide nectar for hummingbirds. This plant is winter hardy to USDA Zones 3 to 7 and not recommended for hot humid climates. Create attractive hummingbird-friendly combinations.