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Camilla Sharman

Forget red flowers — this blue shrub is the new hummingbird magnet you need in your yard

Bee hummingbird in flight.

It’s well known that hummingbirds adore red, but to attract more hummingbirds to your yard, you need to think beyond the red spectrum. And why wouldn’t you want to find more ways to encourage these beautiful birds into your garden?

The surprising color that can also attract hummingbirds is blue. But it’s not easy being blue in the plant world, and according to the New York Botanical Garden, blue pigments occur in fewer than 10% of flowering plants.

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