Plant These 7 Flowers Now and Hummingbirds Will Find Your Yard Next Spring

The hummingbird that left your yard this month may try to come back to the exact same spot next spring. At a research site in South Carolina, one female ruby-throat was caught in the same small trap year after year for seven years. So what she finds when she lands is up to you. These are seven flowering plants to get in the ground this fall, ordered backwards through the season, from the late-summer flowers that fuel her migration to the one that's open on the day she arrives. Sources: Audubon, US Forest Service, University of Wisconsin Extension, University of Illinois Extension, University of Florida IFAS, Mississippi State Extension, Georgia Native Plant Society, Hilton Pond Center, Smithsonian Gardens. Which plant is going in your yard this fall? And when did your hummingbirds leave this year? Tell me in the comments, and say where you garden, because the timing changes a lot from Texas to Maine. #hummingbirds #gardening #nativeplants #fallgardening #pollinatorgarden #backyardbirds