I read that U should not use feeders, they have problems with ants, bees, racoons, bats bacteria and when U forget to refill the birds can get in trouble losing their source of food.
Also don't just fill wash it out at least once a week, more often in hot weather.
Hummingbirds can be easily poisoned by detergents, soaps or household cleaners. Only clean feeders with vinegar added to hot water.
It was recommended to only use plants that they like.
Plants that bloom at different times during the flowering season to furnish food for them during spring, summer and fall.
Trumpet Honeysuckle
Fire Bush (Hamelia patens)
Giant Cigar Plant (Cuphea melvillea)
Salvia Guarantica
Black & Blue
Coral Porterweed
Bright Red Pentas
Ugly Shrimp Plant
Powder Puff
Tropical Sage
Spring Bloomers
Azaleas, rhododendrons and rose of sharon bushes make a great setting for hummingbird gardens. They flower early in the spring and keep on blooming through the early summer. Pink and bright red varieties are preferred, but hummingbirds love all rose of sharon types.
Summer Bloomers
Bleeding hearts and red mountain columbine flower in the early summer, also salvias, petunias, trumpet honeysuckle, morning glories, trumpet vines and impatiens, all of which catch hummingbirds. A wide scope of shade patterned impatiens is an effective attraction for hummingbirds, who hunt by sight.
Autumn Bloomers
Butterfly bush, garden phlox, day lilies, bee-balm and impatiens all will keep hummingbirds returning through the autumn and entice late migrators.
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