Companion plants for Garden Mum
Garden Mum blooms from September through October. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Garden Mum opens
Prairie Blazing Star
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Blue Glow Globe Thistle
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Carnival Scotch Heather
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Feather Reed Grass
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Red Yucca
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in midsummer, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Yaupon Holly
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Buffalograss
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Berry Box Pyracomeles
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.