Companion plants for Flowering Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood blooms from April through May. It wants part shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Flowering Dogwood finishes
Rosebay Rhododendron
Shares part shade and moderate 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.
Zigzag Goldenrod
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in late summer, 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.
Blue Wood Aster
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in late summer, 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.
Northern Sea Oats
Shares part shade and moderate 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.
Mountain Laurel
Shares part shade and moderate water; overlaps, then carries the display into early summer; both are strong pollinator plants; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Black Cohosh
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; shorter at 5 ft, an understory layer.
Bottlebrush Grass
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; low at 3 ft, to carpet the ground beneath it.
Blooming alongside
Camellia
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in midwinter, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.