These Trees Bring Happy Hummingbirds to Your Garden
Hummingbirds are highly prized visitors in the garden. These inquisitive little birds zip around from flower to flower in search of nectar. Use these ten trees to help attract hummingbirds to your yard. You will want to provide a source of water for the hummingbirds, as well as avoid the use of chemicals around these trees.
Crabapples
Crabapples attract hummingbirds and bees, add color, help pollinate apples and so much more. Each spring crabapple trees burst into bloom in shades of white, red and pink. As a bonus, crabapples are able to pollinate most kinds of apple trees within a certain radius, which is potentially beneficial for both you and your neighbors.
■ Latin Name: Malus spp.
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones: 2-11, depending on cultivar
■ Size: Depends on cultivar
■ Exposure: Full sun
Eastern Redbud
This is one of the earliest plants to bloom each year, covering the branches with little pink flowers that stand out even more since they appear before the heart-shaped leaves. One distinctive cultivar is called 'Forest Pansy' and produces purple foliage.
■ Latin Name: Cercis canadensis. Western redbud () can also attract hummingbirds.
■ Other Name(s): Judas-tree
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones: 4-9
■ Size: 20-30' tall and 25-35' wide
■ Exposure: Full sun-part shade
English Hawthorn
English hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata) is a tree that will attract hummingbirds.
The blossoms on the English hawthorn can be either white or pink. Once they are pollinated, they will form red pome fruit.
■ Latin Name: Crataegus laevigata. Other species of Crataegus trees also attract hummingbirds.
■ Other Name(s): Smooth hawthorn, Midland hawthorn
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones:4-8
■ Size: 15-25' tall and wide
■ Exposure: Full sun
Horse Chestnut
Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) will attract hummingbirds to your landscape.
Every spring the horse chestnut forms tall upright clusters of white flowers. It can become invasive under the right growing conditions, so you may want to ask your local horticulturist to see if that is the case in your area.
■ Latin Name: Aesculus hippocastanum. Also consider Aesculus x carnea, which is a cross between horse chestnut and red buckeye.
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones: 4-7
■ Size: 50-75' tall and 40-70' wide
■ Exposure: Full sun
Tulip Tree
Planting a tulip tree is one way to attract hummingbirds to your yard.
The blossoms on the tulip tree are yellow and orange and do resemble tulips. The leaves are also shaped somewhat like that flower.
■ Tulip tree cares sheet
■ Latin Name: Liriodendron tulipifera
■ Other Name(s): Tulip poplar, yellow poplar, canoe wood, saddle leaf tree, white wood, white poplar
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones: 4-9
■ Size: 80-100' tall and 40' wide
■ Exposure: Full - part sun
taken from https://www.thespruce.com/ten-trees-that-attract-hummingbirds-
Till next time, this is Becky Litterer, Becky's Greenhouse, Dougherty, Iowa
Hummingbirds are highly prized visitors in the garden. These inquisitive little birds zip around from flower to flower in search of nectar. Use these ten trees to help attract hummingbirds to your yard. You will want to provide a source of water for the hummingbirds, as well as avoid the use of chemicals around these trees.
Crabapples
Crabapples attract hummingbirds and bees, add color, help pollinate apples and so much more. Each spring crabapple trees burst into bloom in shades of white, red and pink. As a bonus, crabapples are able to pollinate most kinds of apple trees within a certain radius, which is potentially beneficial for both you and your neighbors.
■ Latin Name: Malus spp.
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones: 2-11, depending on cultivar
■ Size: Depends on cultivar
■ Exposure: Full sun
Eastern Redbud
This is one of the earliest plants to bloom each year, covering the branches with little pink flowers that stand out even more since they appear before the heart-shaped leaves. One distinctive cultivar is called 'Forest Pansy' and produces purple foliage.
■ Latin Name: Cercis canadensis. Western redbud () can also attract hummingbirds.
■ Other Name(s): Judas-tree
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones: 4-9
■ Size: 20-30' tall and 25-35' wide
■ Exposure: Full sun-part shade
English Hawthorn
English hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata) is a tree that will attract hummingbirds.
The blossoms on the English hawthorn can be either white or pink. Once they are pollinated, they will form red pome fruit.
■ Latin Name: Crataegus laevigata. Other species of Crataegus trees also attract hummingbirds.
■ Other Name(s): Smooth hawthorn, Midland hawthorn
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones:4-8
■ Size: 15-25' tall and wide
■ Exposure: Full sun
Horse Chestnut
Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) will attract hummingbirds to your landscape.
Every spring the horse chestnut forms tall upright clusters of white flowers. It can become invasive under the right growing conditions, so you may want to ask your local horticulturist to see if that is the case in your area.
■ Latin Name: Aesculus hippocastanum. Also consider Aesculus x carnea, which is a cross between horse chestnut and red buckeye.
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones: 4-7
■ Size: 50-75' tall and 40-70' wide
■ Exposure: Full sun
Tulip Tree
Planting a tulip tree is one way to attract hummingbirds to your yard.
The blossoms on the tulip tree are yellow and orange and do resemble tulips. The leaves are also shaped somewhat like that flower.
■ Tulip tree cares sheet
■ Latin Name: Liriodendron tulipifera
■ Other Name(s): Tulip poplar, yellow poplar, canoe wood, saddle leaf tree, white wood, white poplar
■ Preferred Hardiness Zones: 4-9
■ Size: 80-100' tall and 40' wide
■ Exposure: Full - part sun
taken from https://www.thespruce.com/ten-trees-that-attract-hummingbirds-
Till next time, this is Becky Litterer, Becky's Greenhouse, Dougherty, Iowa
