Many flowering bushes call the Pacific Northwest home, and while hummingbirds are always on the move, these plants will coax ...

and yellow, this shrub blooms from summer to fall, providing a continuous nectar source. Its fragrant flowers are a magnet ...

Many people depend on feeders to draw hummingbirds into their yard, but several fruit plants can also work like a dinner bell ...

As can be seen in the images here, native firebush shrubs have long and tubular flowers, often in crimson or golden yellow.

Hickories, however, turn bright yellow, as do big serviceberry shrubs. I wrote this column ... I haven’t seen a hummingbird, though, since Oct. 9, but I can always hope. When I first started ...