Companion plants for Balloon Flower
Balloon Flower blooms from July through August. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Balloon Flower opens
Inkberry Holly
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 7 ft, for the layer behind it.
Decadence Dark Chocolate False Indigo
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Berry Box Pyracomeles
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Jade Turtle Cherry Laurel
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Prairie Junegrass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Taking over as Balloon Flower finishes
Fireworks Goldenrod
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early fall as this one finishes; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Aster
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early fall as this one finishes; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; purple sits close to blue on the wheel.
Switchgrass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; overlaps, then carries the display into mid fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.