Companion plants for Bluestar
Bluestar blooms from April through May. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Bluestar finishes
Sneezeweed
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Perennial Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Creeping Sedum
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Lavender
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Japanese Stewartia
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 16 ft, for the layer behind it.
Jasmine
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; climbs to 10 ft behind it, height without the footprint.
Feather Reed Grass
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Cleome
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 4 ft, for the layer behind it.