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| | NSEI...Hummingbirds, Butterflies, and People Plants |
 | | Hummingbirds are drawn to gardens with nectar-filled blooms so hang your feeder near red pentas. |
 | | Also lure hummingbirds with more nectar-filled blooms such as anisacanthus, bee balm, bouncing bet, buckeye, butterfly bush (buddleia), butterfly weed (asclepias), cardinal flower, columbine, cypress vine, four-o-clocks, foxglove, hamelia, hibiscus, Mexican sunflower, nasturtiums, nicotiana, penstemon, porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis), salvias, shrimp plant, spider flower (cleome), Texas betony (Stachys coccinea), Texas star hibiscus, Turk’s cap and zinnia. |
 | | Check with local nurseries for these plants and others that might be suitable for your region |
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