{"id":3002,"date":"2019-09-19T00:08:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T07:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-631\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T09:41:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:41:12","slug":"trumpet-vine-and-vines-that-attract-hummingbirds","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/trumpet-vine-and-vines-that-attract-hummingbirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Trumpet Vine and vines that attract hummingbirds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I live in Bellevue and was thinking of planting a couple of Trumpet vines against a very tall wood fence in my yard <\/strong><strong>(<em>Campsis radicans<\/em>). I found quite a lot of messages online about these plants being very invasive. Do you know that to be true for this area? If so, what other plants could I use against the fence and which attract hummingbirds as the Trumpet Vine claims to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Campsis radicans<\/em> (trumpet vine) is not considered officially invasive in the Pacific Northwest, though it may be an aggressive grower that needs (or takes up) a fair amount of space. If you do decide to look for alternative vines to grow, scarlet runner bean is attractive to hummingbirds, as are honeysuckle (harder to grow than <em>Campsis<\/em> as it has occasional problems with aphids), and clematis, according to Naturescaping, published by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (2001).<\/p>\n<p>The local website of Rainyside Gardeners has a <a href=\"https:\/\/debbieteashon.com\/2021\/07\/nectar-plants-nw-hummingbird\/\">list<\/a> of nectar plants for Northwest hummingbirds. Of the plants on this list (which includes <em>Campsis radicans<\/em>, Honeysuckle(<em>Lonicera<\/em>), and Scarlet runner bean), <em>Eccremocarpus scaber, Ipomoea, Jasminum stephanense, Mina lobata<\/em>, and <em>Tropaeolum<\/em> are all vines, some of which are annual.<\/p>\n<p>King County Natural Resources has a <a href=\"http:\/\/green.kingcounty.gov\/gonative\/Plant.aspx?Act=search\">searchable native plant guide<\/a>, and here are the native plants they recommend for hummingbirds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tree:\n<ul>\n<li>Madrone; madrona (<em>Arbutus menziesii<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Vine:\n<ul>\n<li>Orange honeysuckle (<em>Lonicera ciliosa<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Shrub:\n<ul>\n<li>Red-flowering currant (<em>Ribes sanguineum<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Black gooseberry (<em>Ribes lacustre<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Groundcover:\n<ul>\n<li>Thrift; sea pink (<em>Armeria maritima<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Western columbine (<em>Aquilegia formosa<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Cooley&#8217;s hedge nettle (<em>Stachys cooleyae<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In my own garden, the Italian Jasmine (<em>Jasminum humile<\/em>, a shrub grown against a wall, not a vine) appeals to hummingbirds, and in the fall they seem to like the <em>Camellia sasanqua<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I live in Bellevue and was thinking of planting a couple of Trumpet vines against a very tall wood fence in my yard (Campsis radicans). I found quite a lot of messages online about these plants being very invasive. Do you know that to be true for this area? If so, what other plants could I use against the fence and which attract hummingbirds as the Trumpet Vine claims to do. Campsis radicans (trumpet vine) is not considered officially invasive&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/trumpet-vine-and-vines-that-attract-hummingbirds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trumpet Vine and vines that attract hummingbirds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[672,191,311],"class_list":["post-3002","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-campsis","keyword-hummingbirds","keyword-native-plant-gardening"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/3002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=3002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}