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Essential Tips for Growing a Hummingbird Garden

By stacy ling

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Want to attract more hummingbirds to your garden? Follow these essential flower garden tips for attracting hummingbirds.

Plant a variety of flowers and shrubs in varying heights to provide shade, shelter, food, and water.

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Hummingbirds love bright-colored, tubular flowers because they hold more  nectar and are particularly drawn to red, orange, pink, and yellow  hues.

Attract them to the garden with early blooming varieties so they learn  where they want to stop and shop early in the growing season.

Grow similar flowers together in a large group so that hummingbirds can spot them more easily while flying.

Plant in odd-numbered groupings, so depending on the mature size of a plant, I generally plant in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 for aesthetically pleasing design.

Hummingbirds also appreciate artificial feeders to supplement flower nectar.

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In my gardens, hummingbirds, love to sample Catmint, Bee Balm, Echinacea, Cleome, Columbines, Impatiens, Petunias and Hibiscus.

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Follow along to learn more about gardening for hummingbirds.

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