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
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.
Bergenia
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; echoes the pink.
Rosemary
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early 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.
Taking over as Crape Myrtle finishes
Maiden Grass
Shares full sun and low water; overlaps, then carries the display into mid fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; lower at 6 ft, for the front of the border.
Goldenrod
Shares full sun and low water; overlaps, then carries the display into mid fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; lower at 3 ft, for the front of the border.
Blooming alongside
Blue Oat Grass
Shares full sun and low water; opens in early summer and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 2.5 ft, for the front of the border.
Blue Fescue
Shares full sun and low water; opens in early summer and overlaps into this one's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Lavender
Shares full sun and low water; opens in early summer and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; low at 2 ft, to carpet the ground beneath.