Attracting Hummingbirds: Vines

Common name	Scientific name	Zones	Flower	Size	Exposure	Comments
Canary bird vine; Canary creeper	Tropaeolum peregrium	Annual	Yellow	8 to 10'	Sun to partial shade	Edible flowers produced from July to frost
Cape honeysuckle	Tecomaria capensis	8-9	Orange-scarlet	20'	Sun to partial shade	Quasiclimber; tolerant of heat, drought and coastal conditions
Cardinal climber	Ipomoea x multifida	Annual	Red	10 to 20'	Sun to partial shade	Seeds should be scarified and soaked in water for 12 to 24 hours to aid germination
Carolina jasmine	Gelsemium sempervirens	7-9	Yellow	10 to 20'	Sun to partial shade	Yellow flowers in spring; native; foliage bronzes in winter; all parts of the plant are toxic
Chilean glory flower; Glory vine	Eccremocarpus scaber	Annual	Yellow, red	10 to 12'	Sun	Start from seeds; does not transplant well; thrives on heat; tubular flowers all summer
Cross vine	Bignonia capreolata = Anisostichus capreolata	6-9	Orange-red	30 to 50'	Sun to partial shade	Evergreen to semi-evergreen; native; flowers in mid-spring; leaves take on a purplish color in winter
Cypress vine	Ipomoea quamoclit; Quamoclit pennata	Annual	Red	10 to 15'	Sun to partial shade	Seeds should be scarified and soaked in water for 12 to 24 hours to aid germination
Firecracker vine; Spanish flag	Mina lobata	Annual	Reddish-orange fading to orange, yellow, and white	10 to 20'	Sun to partial shade	Seeds should be scarified and soaked in water for 12 to 24 hours to aid germination
Honeysuckle, Coral	Lonicera sempervirens	5-9	Coral to red, yellow	15 to 25'	Sun to partial shade	Trumpet-shaped flowers mid-spring to fall; native; cultivars: Sulfurea (yellow), Superba, Magnifica, John Clayton, Cedar Lane, Alabama Crimson
Honeysuckle, Japanese	Lonicerajaponica	5-9	White	20 to 30'	Sun to partial shade	Naturalized, rampant vine; invasive; white, fragrant flowers
Honeysuckle, Scarlet trumpet	Lonicera x brownii	3-8	Orange red	8'	Sun to partial shade
Honeysuckle, Woodbine	Lonicera periclymenum	5-9	Creamy white, yellow	15 to 20'	Sun to partial shade
Morning glory	Ipomea spp.	Annual	Blue, white, purple, pink	8 to 15'	Sun	Can become invasive; seeds should be scarified
Scarlet runner bean	Phaseolus coccineus	Annual	Red, white	8 to 20'	Sun	Flowers midsummer to fall; edible beans
Snapdragon vine; Climbing snapdragon	Asarina antirrhinifolia	Annual	Red-purple, pink, white	8'	Sun
Swamp jasmine	Gelsemium rankii	7-8	Yellow	10 to 20'	Sun to shade	Yellow flowers in spring and fall
Trumpet creeper	Campsis radicans	7-9	Orange-red	13 to 20'	Sun to partial shade	Thrives on neglect; spreads by underground runners and can become invasive; flowers July to frost
Trumpet vine	Campsis grandiflora	7-9	Deep orange -red	13 to 20'	Sun	Trumpet shaped flowers in summer; less aggressive than C. radicans

Prepared by: Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist