Companion plants for Four O'Clock
Four O'Clock blooms from July through September. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Four O'Clock opens
Sea Thrift
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border.
False Indigo
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Weigela
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Ninebark
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 6.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Chives
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Rosemary
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Taking over as Four O'Clock finishes
Perennial Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; overlaps, then carries the display into mid fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.
Winterberry
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid fall as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 6.5 ft, for the layer behind it.