You should plant a garden with a long season of overlapping bloom,
including plants such as the petunia, annual red salvia, autumn sage
and shrimp plants, or the firebush.

You should plant flowers and plants which are native to your area of
the country.  You can find out information concerning the specific
plants that grown in your area and attract hummingbirds by talking
with someone from a plant nursery that is located where you live.

Your flower garden should have areas of sun, partial sun, and shade.
  If the area of your yard where you want to create the hummingbird
habitat is sunny most of the day, then you need to plant trees and
shrubs.  If the area is entirely in the shade, you will want to open
up the area to let large patches of sunlight in.  Having areas that
allow both sun and shade is necessary to grow a wide variety of
plants.

You want your flower garden to consist of many levels of vegetation.
  The area should have some tall trees, some medium-height trees,
some flowers, some grassy areas, as well as some shrubs.  These
different levels will provide the hummingbirds a variety of choices
of where to feed or where to perch to rest or roost.

You want to plant lots of flowers including those that are known to
attract hummingbirds as well as others.  You should select a variety
of flowers that will bloom at different times, because there will
always be something flowering.  The flowers will serve two very
important purposes:  they will provide a source of nectar for the
hummingbirds, and they will also attract insects on which the birds
will feed.

It is also important for your flower garden to have a source of
water available for the hummingbirds.  One way to do this is by
having a birdbath available.  The birdbath should have a very
shallow water depth to allow the birds to stand in the water if they
choose to do so.  Adding some small flat rocks to the birdbath will
create different water depths within the birdbath.

Having a wide variety of plants will provide the female hummingbird
a wide variety of nesting materials from which to choose.  

Your hummingbird garden should also contain some perches so the
hummingbirds can survey the territory.  You might want to create
some perches that give the birds a good view over the flowers.  

Pesticides should never be used in a hummingbird garden! The
hummingbird can ingest the pesticide while feeding on insects and
spiders.

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