How to Attract Humingbirds

Adorn your garden with flowering plants, preferably with blooms that are red or orange and that bloom in spring and summer. Hummingbirds have excellent vision and can see into the ultraviolet spectrum, unlike humans, according to Cornell University's "All About Birds." Plant azaleas, trumpet creepers, coral honeysuckle, lantanas, columbine and other colorful plants.

Attract hummingbirds with feeders full of sugar water. The color of the feeder doesn't matter, according to Cornell. Boil 1 part sugar with 4 parts water for two minutes to make your own hummingbird solution, suggests birdwatchers.com. They also strongly recommend not using red dye. Place multiple feeders apart from each other. Change the feeders often and keep them clean.

Provide your hummingbird neighbors with nesting materials if you live in the eastern half of the U.S. and want them to stay for a while. Ruby-throated hummingbirds, the most common and the only breeding hummingbird species in the U.S., are drawn to coniferous trees, according to Cornell. Plant willow and cottonwood trees to provide nesting materials, and be kind to spiders -- hummingbirds use spider webs to glue their nest materials together, according to World of Hummingbirds.

Install a mister and a birdbath and keep the water fresh and clean, as hummingbirds are tidy creatures.