Hummingbird-Friendly Gardens

Create an inviting and healthy habitat for hummingbirds with these native plants. Hummingbirds are often attracted to bright tubular flowers. Native plants provide more valuable sources of nectar than cultivars and other exotic species. Calscape

Any Full Sun Part Shade Full Shade Full Sun Only Part Shade Only Full Shade Only

Any Low Moderate Tall

Any Perennial Herbs Shrubs Trees Annual Herbs Grasses Vines Ferns Succulents

Common Name Scientific Name	Sun	Height	Type	Humboldt Native
Sunset Manzanita Arctostaphylos 'sunset'		Moderate 2 - 6 ft		✓
Kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi		Low ~ 2 ft		✓
Bush Monkeyflower Diplacus aurantiacus		Moderate 4 - 5 ft		✓
Red Bush Monkey Flower Diplacus (mimulus) puniceus		Low 1 - 2 ft
Climbing Penstemon Keckiella cordifolia		Tall 3 - 7 ft		✓
Twinberry Lonicera involucrata		Tall 2 - 16 ft		✓
Island Tree Mallow Malva assurgentiflora		Tall 3 - 13 ft
Sticky Monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens		Low < 3 ft
Red Bush Monkeyflower Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus		Low 1 - 2 ft
Golden Currant Ribes aureum var. gracillimum		Moderate 3 - 6 ft
Stink Currant Ribes bracteosum		Tall 3 - 13 ft		✓
Spreading Gooseberry Ribes divaricatum		Tall 6 - 11 ft		✓
Red Flowering Currant Ribes sanguineum		Tall 7 - 13 ft		✓
White Sage Salvia apiana		Moderate 3 - 5 ft
Cleveland Sage Salvia clevelandii		Moderate 3 - 5 ft
San Luis Obispo Dudleya Dudleya abramsii ssp. murina		Low < 1 ft
Bluff Lettuce Dudleya farinosa		Low < 1 ft		✓
Chalk Dudleya Dudleya pulverulenta		Low < 1 ft
Select Mattole Humboldt County Fuschsia Epilobium septentrionale 'select mattole'		Low ~ 1 ft	P
Scarlet Monkeyflower Erythranthe cardinalis		Low 2 - 3 ft	P	✓
Seep Monkeyflower Erythranthe guttata		Moderate 2 - 5 ft	P	✓
Crevice Alumroot Heuchera micrantha		Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Columbia Lily Lilium columbianum		Moderate 2 - 4 ft	P	✓
Humboldt's Lily Lilium humboldtii		Tall 6 - 8 ft	P
Kelley's Lily Lilium kelleyanum		Tall 4 - 7 ft	P	✓
Kellogg's Lily Lilium kelloggii		Tall 4 - 7 ft	P	✓
Shasta Lily Lilium pardalinum ssp. shastense		Low ~ 1 ft	P
Vollmer's Lily Lilium pardalinum ssp. vollmeri		Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Lemon Lily Lilium parryi		Tall 4 - 8 ft	P
Musk Monkeyflower Mimulus moschatus		Low < 1 ft	P	✓
Coyote Mint Monardella villosa		Low ~ 2 ft	P	✓
Siskiyou Beardtongue Penstemon anguineus		Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
Scabland Penstemon Penstemon deustus		Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Low Beardtongue Penstemon humuilis		Low ~ 1 ft	P	✓
Roezl's Penstemon Penstemon roezlii		Low 1 - 2 ft	P
Rydberg's Penstemon Penstemon rydbergii		Low 1 - 3 ft	P	✓
California Bee Plant Scrophularia californica		Moderate 2 - 4 ft	P	✓
Ajuga Hedge Nettle Stachys ajugoides		Low < 1 ft	P	✓
Rough Hedgenettle Stachys rigida		Low 2 - 3 ft	P	✓
Hairy Honeysuckle Lonicera hispidula		Moderate ~ 4 ft		✓
Sky Lupine Lupinus nanus		Low < 2 ft	A	✓