Hello;
Any suggestions for plants or shrubs that attract hummingbirds or butterflies in dappled to full shade? I'm planting impatiens and hostas, and would love to hear of anything else you've had success with.
Thanks,
Maureen
Shade plants for hummingbirds
columbine canadensis..bee balm...fushia...foxglove..wiegelia...geraniums...
Annual - Begonia, Lobelia
Perennial - Heuchera (coral bells), Tiarella, Heucherella, Astilbe, Brunnera, Cimicifuga, Pulmonaria, Bergenia, Aruncus.
Mark
They love my abutilon. :~)
Perennial cardinal flower, better in part shade, not deep shade. It does like regular water!
Down here Salvia coccinea has naturalized under some trees. The hummers love the ones growing under the Pineapple Guava when the tree is blooming at the same time as the salvia.
Thanks all! This is great--lots of choices.
Levilyla,
Are you talking about the wiegelia shrub? It's good to know they will take some shade, I didn't know that.
Thanks again all,
Maureen
coral bells,and Jacob Kline bee balm (Monarda)
Might have helped if I'd turned the picture right side up. This must be a sign that I shouldn't be posting at 5am.
....off to get a cup of coffee
Stacy
Yes I have seen Weigelia in almost full shade...Doesn't bloom quite as well but believe me it blooms.
Justicia carnea - jacobina (http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/643/index.html)
Justicia brandegeana - Shrimp plant (http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/622/index.html)