Perennials are plants and flowers that grow and bloom over the spring and summer, die every autumn and winter and then grow ...

Micheline Jackson, a landscape designer and perennials expert at Kennedy's Country Gardens in Scituate, said hummingbirds like trumpet-shaped flowers because they can stick their beaks into the plant.

Credit: Ralph Anderson Botanical Name: Lobelia cardinalis Sun Exposure: Full, partial Soil Type: Moist, well-drained Soil pH: Acidic to neutral This self-sowing, native perennial thrives in moist soil ...