Companion plants for Aloe
Aloe blooms from May through July. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Aloe opens
Texas Mountain Laurel
Shares full sun and low 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; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.
Howard McMinn Manzanita
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.
Taking over as Aloe finishes
Blackfoot Daisy
Shares full sun and low water; overlaps, then carries the display into late fall; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Splitbeard Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.
Pampas Grass
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late summer as this one finishes; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; stands well above at 8 ft, a canopy to plant beneath.
Red Yucca
Shares full sun and low water; overlaps, then carries the display into late summer; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.
Sunflower
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; overlaps, then carries the display into early fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.
Austin Pretty Limits Oleander
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; overlaps, then carries the display into late summer; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.