Companion plants for Creeping Phlox
Creeping Phlox blooms from April through May. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Creeping Phlox finishes
Purple Coneflower
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Globe Thistle
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Blazing Star
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Butterfly Bush
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; stands well above at 6.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Cosmos
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Lavender
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Switchgrass
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Potentilla
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; taller at 3 ft, for the layer behind it.