Companion plants for Ageratum
Ageratum blooms from June through October. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Ageratum opens
Castle Rouge Blue Holly
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Indian Hawthorn
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Red Robin Photinia
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Rosemary
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Eye Candy Moss Phlox
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Decadence Lemon Meringue False Indigo
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Blooming alongside
Swamp Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; overlaps, then carries the display into late fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.