This is a toughy, because hummingbirds feed regularly on a wide variety of garden flowers. But if I had to pick a winner in this category, it would be Salvia coccinea or 'Lady in Red'.
These plants need no care whatsoever to grow like crazy. Though they are tender and will die come first frost, they reseed so heavily that you will be inundated in them the next year. They are the kind of plants that I describe as being able to take over the world. I always end up pulling a bunch of them and transplanting others. Consider yourself warned!
If you live where there are deer, salvia have the advantage of being one plant that deer really don't seem to like (and if you garden where there are deer, you probably know that deer eat just about anything, even the plants they aren't supposed to like).
And, of course, they bloom and bloom and bloom, much to the delight of any hummingbirds passing nearby. It may seem strange to using a picture of a big (and very cute!) bumble bee in a post about hummers, but I like this pic and have been waiting for a chance to use it.
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