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
Globe Thistle
Shares full sun and low to 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.
Creeping Sedum
Shares full sun and low to 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.
Honeysuckle
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; climbs to 13 ft behind it, height without the footprint.
Jasmine
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; climbs to 10 ft behind it, height without the footprint.
Lavender
Shares full sun and low to 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; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Crocosmia
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; red sits close to orange on the wheel.
Blooming alongside
Sneezeweed
Shares full sun and moderate water; opens in midsummer and overlaps into this one's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.