Companion plants for Boston Ivy
Boston Ivy is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long. It wants part sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming alongside
Rhododendron
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; low at 6 ft, to carpet the ground beneath it.
Maiden Grass
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; low at 6 ft, to carpet the ground beneath it.
Boxwood
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Arborvitae
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Colorado Blue Spruce
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Douglas Fir
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Camellia
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; shorter at 6.5 ft, an understory layer; they only overlap in zones 7 to 8.
