Also known as Eastern Red Columbine and Wild Columbine, this herbaceous perennial grows erectly with uniquely bell-shaped, red flowers. The backward-pointing tubes of the flowers contain nectar, greatly attracting hummingbirds, butterflies, and other long-tongued insects. This plant grows best in full sun, and moist, well-drained, sandy soils, reaching a height of up to 2 feet.
Also known as Chuparosa or simply Desert Honeysuckle, this medium, perennial shrub grows to 4 by 6 feet. It is deciduous and hardy, growing in full sun and rocky soils, with low to medium water needs. Hummingbirds are highly attracted to its orangish-red tubular flowers, which bloom mainly in the spring but can appear all year depending on how much moisture the plant receives.
Growing 15 to 25 feet tall, this serviceberry is a small, shrub-like tree with dense branching and smooth, striped bark. It blooms and fruits in early summer, producing white flowers in terminal clusters before leaves appear, followed by red, purple, or black berries. As with all native species of Amelanchier, this tree is popular with fruit-eating birds. This plant is easy to grow, doing well in full shade to shade and dry to moist loams.
Also called Shadbush and Juneberry, this shrub-like, perennial tree is relatively small, blooming white flowers and red, apple-like fruits in June. Like all native species of Amelanchier, this plant is popular with fruit-eating birds. It grows 6 to 20 feet tall in moist, well-drained soils, and in full sun to partial shade.
This perennial, deciduous, shrub-like tree is also known as Shadbush, Juneberry, Junebush, and Shadblow. It grows 15 to 25 feet tall in full to sun to shade, and in moist, well-drained soils. In June, Downy Service-Berry bears white spring flowers, followed by sweet, reddish-purple berries that are popular with fruit-eating birds, as are all native species of Amelanchier.
Also known as Western Serviceberry, Juneberry, or simply Saskatoon, this shrub-like tree is relatively small, producing light green leaves that turn red and orange in the fall. Fragrant, white flowers bloom in the spring, followed by blue berries. Growing 2 to 18 feet tall, this perennial does best in dry to moist, well-drained soils, and can withstand full sun to shade. All native species of Amelanchier are popular with birds that eat fruit.
This deciduous, perennial shrub is also known as Whitebrush, Common Bee-Brush, and Privet Lippia, growing 8 to 10 feet tall. It has clusters of inch-long leaves on the stems and small, white, fragrant flower sprays that bloom from March to November. This plant attracts bees and browsers, and grows best in full sun, and in moist, rocky soils.
Red, or Western, Alder is a deciduous tree that grows up to 60 feet tall with a straight trunk, grayish white bark, and a rounded crown that turns golden in the fall. Red Alder is excellent for waterside and boggy sites, growing in full sun to shade and moist soils. However, since this is a fast growing, short-lived tree, it is best not to plant it too close to buildings.
White Alder is a deciduous tree with pale green foliage and smooth, whitish to gray bark that grows up to 90 feet tall, usually found close to water. It produces catkins in the fall that, along with its buds, are important food sources for birds and pollinators. This tree grows quickly as well as fixes nitrogen, thriving in partial shade, and in moist to wet soils.
Red Buckeye, otherwise known as Scarlet Buckeye or Firecracker Plant, is a large, perennial shrub that produces orange-red flowers about the time hummingbirds return in the spring. Red Buckeye grows in partial shade and in deep, moist, well-drained soils. Along with attracting hummingbirds and bees with its flowers, this shrub also produces nuts that are eaten by squirrels. However, the seeds and young shoots of this plant are poisonous to humans if ingested.
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