There are many ways to attract Hummingbirds. They like feeders with sugar water, or nectar, and have about sixty-two favorite kinds of plants. The Hummingbird got it's name from the sound it makes when it flies, and its wings beat ninety times per second.

The Hummingbirds favorite plants are: Bleeding heart, Butterfly weed, Bee balm, Bottle brush, Cape fuchsia, Cardinal flower, Columbine, Coral bells, Cosmos, Crocosmia, Day Lily, Dahlia, Delphinium, Foxglove, Fuchsia, Geranium, Hollyhock, Hosta, Lantana, Lupine, Monkyflower, Penstemon, Red hot poker, Sage Salvia, Scarlet sage, Speedwell, Borage Borage, Four-o'-clock,  Flowering tobacco, Impatiens, Jewelweed, Milkweed, Mountain garland, Nasturtium, Petunia, Spider flower, Snapdragons, Verbena, Zinnia, Bougainvillea, Cardinal climber, Honeysuckle, Lantana, a different type, Rosary vine, Trumpet creeper, Trumpet vines, Wild lilac, Weigela, Abelia, Azalea, Beauty bush, Bottlebrush, a different kind, Butterfly bush, Catoneaster, Eucalyptus, Flowering currant, Flowering quince, Fuchsia tree, Hibiscus, Lilac, Mimosa(silk tree), and Strawberry tree.

Hummingbirds are also attracted to red things, and sometimes, if it's just right, you can keep them in your yard from May through October.