Native plants are known for drawing local pollinators and this flower, which blooms in late summer, is no exception when it ...

Late-summer wildflowers and prairie stalwarts are some of my favorites. They’re the kinds of plants you see thriving in the ...

You simply cannot have too many hummingbird-attracting plants, but these offer a bonus by reseeding each year, saving you ...

One of the easiest ways is to place a hummingbird feeder outdoors, but if bees discover your sugary nectar, they could flock ...

Don't Add Red Dye to Hummingbird Nectar Hummingbirds are attracted to the color red because it brings to mind nectar-rich flowers, but that doesn't mean you should add red food coloring to ...

After at least a dozen summers with only a lonely hummer or two, it's finally a hummingbird year! My cup runneth over with ...

Zinnias, blue summer salvias, lantanas, esperanza, firebush and cape honeysuckle in the sun also produce nectar hummingbirds like. For the shade, consider Turk's cap, shrimp plant and firespike.

Don't forget to provide water, or a hummingbird nectar mix of one part sugar to four parts water, but do avoid using red dye ("It isn't necessary," Kirk-Ballard said). Hummingbirds flock to a feeder.

Although the Americas have 365 species of hummingbirds, only 15 types live in the U.S., and we typically see just three kinds in Wisconsin. “The ruby-throated hummingbird is the one we regularly ...

Oregon botanist Suzie Savoie uses wildflowers to transform home gardens into water-wise, fire-resistant pollinator havens.

They are favorites of Missouri's most common hummingbird species, the rubythroat hummingbird. Flower nectar can provide up to 90% of a hummingbird's diet, MDC said.

Not one to miss good photo ops, my focus shifted from plants to moths. Both hummingbird clearwing and snowberry clearwing moths were present, although the former outnumbered the latter. They’re ...