Companion plants for Black-Eyed Susan
Black-Eyed Susan blooms from July through October. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Black-Eyed Susan opens
Sage
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; purple against yellow, for contrast.
Creeping Phlox
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; lower at 6 in, for the front of the border.
Ninebark
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; taller at 6.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Chives
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; both are North American natives.
Weigela
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; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.
False Indigo
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Blooming alongside
Thyme
Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; both are strong pollinator plants; lower at 6 in, for the front of the border.
Crocus
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late winter, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; lower at 4 in, for the front of the border.