Companion plants for Coreopsis

Coreopsis blooms from June through September. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.

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Blooming before Coreopsis opens

  • Texas Mountain Laurel

    Texas Mountain Laurel

    Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

  • Candytuft

    Candytuft

    Shares full sun and low water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

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  • Rock Cress

    Rock Cress

    Shares full sun and low 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.

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  • Howard McMinn Manzanita

    Howard McMinn Manzanita

    Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

  • Blue Princess Holly

    Blue Princess Holly

    Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

Blooming alongside

  • False Indigo

    False Indigo

    Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; both are strong pollinator plants; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.

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  • Prairie Junegrass

    Prairie Junegrass

    Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; both are strong pollinator plants; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

  • Pink Muhly Grass

    Pink Muhly Grass

    Shares full sun and low water; overlaps, then carries the display into late fall; both are strong pollinator plants; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.

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