Hummingbirds have favorite colors, and their preferences revolve around how nectar-filled a flower is to them and how easy it ...

When it comes to attracting hummingbirds, some flowers are better than others for the job. Hummers generally go for ...

Hummingbirds are very plentiful this time of the year if you have plants that attract them to your garden. The native bright red Cardinal flower is their all time favorite. Hummingbirds are very ...

The cardinal flower, now blooming across Georgia, is, in my mind, the signature plant of summer. It is the reddest of Georgia’s red wildflowers, redder than the Indian paintbrush, fire pink and ...

The botanical easy-button has been pressed for this one. This is one of the most easily recognized of all American wildflowers. Whether you know it or not, you’ll surely be seeing red. Cardinal flower ...

Red flowers instantly draw the eye with their bold colors, and inspire displays of stupefied awe with their beauty. Jewel-toned hummingbirds seem to share the same sentiment. Celebrated as a keystone ...

I first saw cardinal flowers growing in a drainage ditch along a farm field. Their intense red took my breath away, in part because of their surroundings. This was no well-tended, perennial flower ...

From watching butterflies float in the sun to seeing bees zoom from flower-to-flower in the search for pollen and nectar, there is nothing as peaceful as a garden teeming with wildlife. One visitor ...

The floodplain of the stream behind my house is currently dotted with the bright red blooms of the cardinal flower. Watching for them out back or as I drive along the many brooks, streams and rivers ...

I don't know whether it is the archaic language, the wonder of the time, or the more thoughtful and slower pace of life in the past, but it seems like the field guides and scientific surveys of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Bob Stefko When it comes to attracting hummingbirds, some flowers are better than others for the job. Hummers generally go ...