These different areas will give your hummingbirds choices of where to feed and perch. 3 Male hummingbirds prefer to have one large tree to use as a strategic lookout post. 3 A. Container Plants Containers offer plantings in a limited space such as on a balcony, and can also offer nectar sources in early spring before garden plants bloom. Containers such as baskets, pots, window boxes, and planters are kept indoors during cold weather, and on warm days are placed in open areas where hummingbirds can find them. Feeders can be placed out as a supplemental food source.
Fuschias are a favourite hummingbird plant and perfect for containers.
Other good choices include annual phlox, basket begonia, nasturtium, petunia, scarlet sage, and snapweed. 3 Place your hibiscus outdoors during the spring and summer as well. 3 Please do not go digging up wildflowers to transplant to your garden. Many wildflowers can be purchased from seed catalogues, or by purchasing wildflower seed mixtures at most nurseries. If you cannot find that particular plant you want for your garden, mark the wildflowers location and return when the plant has gone to seed and collect some of the seeds for your garden.