The Hummingbird Heroes Collection is carefully curated to create a thriving habitat for hummingbirds while supporting other essential pollinators like butterflies, bees, and moths. Featuring native perennial plants that bloom across three seasons, this collection provides nectar-rich flowers and key habitat for hummingbirds throughout the growing season. With the inclusion of swamp milkweed, this collection also supports monarch butterflies, offering food for their caterpillars and nectar for adults.
What’s Included:
This collection features three native perennial plants that are particularly beneficial to hummingbirds and other wildlife:
- Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica): Striking blue flowers bloom late in the season, providing essential nectar for hummingbirds and pollinators.
- Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis): Early-spring red and yellow tubular blooms are a hummingbird favorite.
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata): A versatile plant that supports monarch butterflies as a host plant and attracts a wide variety of pollinators.
Key Features:
- Hummingbird Habitat: Designed to serve as a “welcome mat” for hummingbirds with brightly colored, tubular flowers that supply abundant nectar.
- Seasonal Blooms: Provides continuous color and nectar from early spring through late summer, ensuring a steady food source for pollinators.
- Pollinator Support: Attracts not only hummingbirds but also butterflies, moths, bees, and other essential wildlife species.
- Low Maintenance: Thrives with minimal care and requires less water once established.
- Deer Resistant: Stands up to deer browsing, ensuring its blooms remain vibrant.
- Eco-Friendly: Grown non-GMO and free of harmful neonicotinoids, promoting a healthy ecosystem for pollinators and wildlife.
Available in collections of nine, 18, or 27 plants to fit gardens of all sizes.
Why Choose the Hummingbird Heroes Collection?
This collection is more than just a garden—it’s a critical habitat for hummingbirds and other pollinators. By planting these native perennials, you’ll enjoy vibrant blooms while creating an ecologically beneficial space that supports wildlife year after year. Ideal for pollinator gardens, sunny borders, or naturalized areas, the Hummingbird Heroes Collection brings beauty and biodiversity to your landscape.
Planting Tips:
- Location: Plant in full sun to part shade with moist, well-drained soil.
- Watering: Water regularly during the first growing season to establish roots. Once established, these plants require less water.
- Maintenance: Minimal care required. There's no need to deadhead the flowers, as allowing them to go to seed provides a valuable food source for birds. Leaving the stems standing in the fall offers overwintering sites for beneficial insects. If desired, cut back the stems in late spring after pollinators have emerged.
For more information on planting, view our How to Plant Your Native Plants guide and other planting tips in the Garden for Wildlife Learning Center.
Plant the Hummingbird Heroes Collection to create a vibrant, wildlife-friendly garden that supports hummingbirds, Monarch butterflies, and a variety of pollinators. With its stunning blooms and ecological benefits, this collection is a must-have for any nature lover's landscape.
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