Spotting a hummingbird in your garden never gets boring. Their long beaks and acrobatic antics are a sight straight out of a nature documentary, and since all that flying takes a lot of energy, ...

If you're like many bird lovers, hummingbirds may be your favorite species. It's hard to resist wanting to watch these cute and tiny birds, but the key is to be able to attract them to your yard in ...

Hummingbirds migrate north in the spring, and their arrival is eagerly anticipated by some gardeners. Certain plants, like cuphea, geraniums, impatiens, lantana, nicotiana, petunias, salvias, and ...

With longer days and warmer weather finally here for many of us, people are getting ready to start planning their spring gardens. I've already started many seeds and have a general outline of the ...

Beat the winter blues by planting now — from snapdragons to foxgloves, these spring flowers started from seed will have ...

Every spring I make a list of the plants that hummingbirds visited the most the year before, and then my search at garden centers and nurseries begins in earnest. The plants I look for are the ones ...

Every spring the hummingbirds come from Mexico and Central America. Some come to spend the summer here, especially the broad-tailed hummingbird. Others may just pass through on their way to breeding ...