Companion plants for Daffodil
Daffodil blooms from March through April. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Daffodil finishes
False Indigo
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Blue Oat Grass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Bergenia
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; overlaps, then carries the display into late spring; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Common Comfrey
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; purple against yellow, for contrast.
Feather Reed Grass
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 6.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Ninebark
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; taller at 6.5 ft, for the layer behind it; its white flowers settle the yellow.