Spring Blooming Nectar Plants to Attract Hummingbirds
These spring blooming nectar flowers are for attracting hummingbirds to your backyard, garden or balcony.
The birds arrive in the months of March, April and May in much of the northeast. If you would like to include early plants in you habitat, this list includes native flowers, trees and shrubs to grow in the east.
| Common Name | Scientific name | Color | Habitat | Height | | | | | | | Flowers | | | | | | Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | red | sun/part shade | 4' - 6' | | Columbine species | Aquilegia | varies | sun/part.shade | 2' - 3' | | Coral bells | Heuchera species | red | prt sun/shade | 2' | | Indian Pink | Spigela marilandica | red | part sun/lt. shade | 12"- 18" | | Lupine | Lupinus spp. | varies | sun | varies |
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| | | | | | | | | Trees | | | | | | Flowering crabapple | Malus spp. | varies | lt. sun/part shade | varies | | Flowering dogwood | Cornus florida | white | sun/li shade | varies | | Red Buckeye | Aesculus pavia | red | sun/part sun | 10' - 25' | | | | | | | | | | | | Shrubs | | | | | | American cranberrybush | Viburnum trilobum | white | sun, part sun | 5' - 15' | | Arrowwood Virburnum | Viburnum dentatum | white | lt. shade/sun | 6' - 12' | | Red-osier dogwood | Cornus sericea | white | sun/lt. shade | 3' - 10' | | Rhododendrons | Rhododendron spp. | varies | pt. sun/shade | varies | | | | | | | GroundCovers | | | | | | Bunchberry | Cornus canadensis | white | pt. sun/shade | 4' - 10' | | Creeping Mahonia | Mahonia repens | yellow | sun/shade | 2' - 3' | | | | | | | Vines | | | | | | Honeysuckle, Coral | Lonicera sempervirens | orange-red | sun/pt. sun | 4' - 15' |
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