Companion plants for Flowering Cherry
Flowering Cherry blooms from April through April. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Flowering Cherry finishes
Perennial Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Sneezeweed
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Joe Pye Weed
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Ninebark
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; shorter at 6.5 ft, an understory layer.
Weigela
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; shorter at 5 ft, an understory layer.
Lavender
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Hybrid Tea Rose
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; low at 4 ft, to carpet the ground beneath it.
Tulip Tree
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; a soft color beside the pink.