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
Dragon Slayer Adam's Needle Yucca
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.
Red Yucca
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in midsummer, 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.
Big Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; stands well above at 6 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late summer, 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.
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.
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.
Exceptional 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.
Blooming alongside
Howard McMinn Manzanita
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; stands well above at 6 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.