Attract Hummingbirds Without a Hummingbird Feeder

June 28th, 2010

Hummingbirds are in full swing this time of year, and we have found that our bright plants in the garden are a great method to attract hummingbirds.

The red hot poker plants usually come up first in the spring, and boy do the hummingbirds love them! If you want to attract hummingbirds, and lots of them, you’ll want to get you some of these! Jeff says they are dripping with a honey-like substance, which the hummingbirds just love!

The poker plants are a bright red color. You’ll need to focus on bright colored plants with sweet nectar if you want to attract hummingbirds to your house with natural plants.

I think the bright colors attract hummingbirds because they can’t see too well. They are getting less afraid of people, in fact, here’s a picture of Jeff looking at one of the poker plants, and enjoying the hummingbird at the same time! If you move though, they will either fly away, or hover up and stare you right in the face to see if you are a threat.

We very much enjoyed the fact that this simple plant was able to attract hummingbirds to our garden this spring. They’ve now gone over to our neighbor’s house for awhile because his white hydrangea is in full bloom. We’re sure we’ll be able to entice them to come back with our bright orange lilies which are just now blooming! I can’t wait!

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