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Posted: 5/2/2015 1:30:49 PM EDT

I live in southern Missouri, zone 6. My soil is a very hard rocky clay, and doesn't drain well. I am looking to plant something to attract humming birds that is as close as possible to maintenance free as i can get. I will not be around to care for the plantings from mid June to early October. I plan on doing the plantings next year, not this year so that the plants can get established before i leave. I was thinking of butterfly bush's, be need some opinions on what else i could plant?

Posted: 5/2/2015 1:59:04 PM EDT

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Anything that flowers will attract them. Rose of Sharon is pretty hard to kill.

My wife has a colored glass wind chime gizmo on my cabin porch that they come and check out all the time, so I don't think they're all that smart anyway.

I have to ask why you'd bother if you're not going to be there when the hummingbirds are though.

Posted: 5/2/2015 6:56:31 PM EDT

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Anything that flowers will attract them. Rose of Sharon is pretty hard to kill.

My wife has a colored glass wind chime gizmo on my cabin porch that they come and check out all the time, so I don't think they're all that smart anyway.

I have to ask why you'd bother if you're not going to be there when the hummingbirds are though.

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My wife is an animal lover to the extreme

Just need something that God will look after when we are not around.

Posted: 5/2/2015 7:05:45 PM EDT

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My wife is an animal lover to the extreme

Just need something that God will look after when we are not around.

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Anything that flowers will attract them. Rose of Sharon is pretty hard to kill.

My wife has a colored glass wind chime gizmo on my cabin porch that they come and check out all the time, so I don't think they're all that smart anyway.

I have to ask why you'd bother if you're not going to be there when the hummingbirds are though.

My wife is an animal lover to the extreme

Just need something that God will look after when we are not around.

OK, they seem to like bee balm around here. It grows wild in many places, so it should be OK left alone too.

Posted: 5/2/2015 7:28:30 PM EDT

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Plant some honeysuckle,or tiger lillies, but just about any wild flowers will attract them

Posted: 5/4/2015 2:04:18 AM EDT

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Since you are in Missouri (I am too), I suggest going with Missouri Natives. They are very tough plants and require less maintenance. Their roots penetrate through rocky soils better than a lot of nursery plants. I got into planting natives last year, and chose the Glade Plants in the link below. They also have a section for hummingbirds. I planted the "Shining Blue Star" and "Indian Pink" this year, but they are very small, and haven't flowered yet.

http://www.mowildflowers.net/plant-groupings-for-habitats-and-wildlife.html

Happy Planting!

Posted: 5/6/2015 11:57:14 AM EDT

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Just fill and hang a few hummingbird feeders around your home and they will be fighting over the treats! Lots of them! No flowers needed.

Posted: 5/15/2015 10:59:50 AM EDT

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We're in hardiness zone 7. As mentioned above, Bee Balm is favored by humming birds and it's a perennial in zone 7. We're also trying cypress vine this year which is beautiful.

Posted: 5/15/2015 10:59:50 AM EDT

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