Companion plants for Crape Myrtle
Crape Myrtle blooms from July through September. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Crape Myrtle opens
Prairie Junegrass
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; low at 1.5 ft, to carpet the ground beneath.
False Indigo
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; lower at 3.5 ft, for the front of the border.
Rocky Mountain Penstemon
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; low at 2 ft, to carpet the ground beneath.
Dragon Slayer Adam's Needle Yucca
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 3.5 ft, for the front of the border.
Inkberry Holly
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 7 ft, for the front of the border.
Berry Box Pyracomeles
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 3.5 ft, for the front of the border.
Blooming alongside
California Coffeeberry
Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 8 ft, for the front of the border.
Pink Muhly Grass
Shares full sun and low water; overlaps, then carries the display into late fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; lower at 2.5 ft, for the front of the border.