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
Inkberry Holly
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Berry Box Pyracomeles
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Decadence Dark Chocolate False Indigo
Shares full sun and 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.
Red Robin Photinia
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Chick Charms Cosmic Candy Hens & Chicks
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Prairie Junegrass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Desert Willow
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; stands well above at 19 ft, a canopy to plant beneath.
Blooming alongside
Swamp Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid fall as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.