Companion plants for Love-Lies-Bleeding
Love-Lies-Bleeding blooms from July through October. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Love-Lies-Bleeding opens
Chick Charms Cosmic Candy Hens & Chicks
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Sea Thrift
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Eye Shadow Moss Phlox
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Kinnikinnick
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Inkberry Holly
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Prairie Junegrass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Blooming alongside
Carnival Scotch Heather
Shares full sun and moderate water; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; opens in early summer and overlaps into this one's season; both are strong pollinator plants.
Thyme
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; low at 6 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants.
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