Companion plants for Climbing Hydrangea
Climbing Hydrangea blooms from June through July. It wants part shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Climbing Hydrangea opens
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Shares part shade 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.
Drooping Leucothoe
Shares part shade 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.
Tall Oregon Grape
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
American Hornbeam
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; a soft color beside the white.
Flowering Dogwood
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its white flowers settle the white.
Taking over as Climbing Hydrangea finishes
Zigzag Goldenrod
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in late summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Blue Wood Aster
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in late summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Northern Sea Oats
Shares part shade and moderate water; overlaps, then carries the display into early fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.
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