When planting cardinal flowers in pots, ensure they are set in a tray of water that can be topped up easily. These herbaceous perennials flower in late summer. The bright red flowers appear on terminal spikes.Ĭardinal flowers are not drought tolerant and prefer moist soil that does not dry out. The long bright red tubular flowers of Cardinal flowers are designed for hummingbirds’ long bills. Soil: Slightly acidic, well-drained but moist.However, they readily self-seed, so you will get their dramatic display for many years.įoxgloves are easy to grow from seed outside in late spring or late summer when temperatures are cooler. These are biennial plants, which means you need to plant them two years in a row as in their first year, they do not produce flowers and then die off after their second year of flowering. Due to the fact they are often found in woodlands, they are great shade-tolerant plants that hummingbirds’ long bills and tongues can reach into. Foxgloveįoxglove is a beautiful woodland flower that grows dramatically tall stems with many bell-shaped blossoms. So check out all these amazing tubular flowers that hummingbirds love. Not only that but tubular flowers look dramatic and and they come in many sizes and types, so I am sure there are plenty that would suit your style and conditions.

Hummingbirds were made for tubular flowers with those long beaks and tongues and some flowers were made for hummingbirds and give them the nectar they need in return for the hummingbird pollinating the plant.

Red flowers for hummings in containers