Companion plants for Freesia
Freesia blooms from April through May. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Freesia finishes
Color Guard Yucca
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.
Parry's Agave
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.
Common Blue Grama Grass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.
Red Yucca
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.
Feather Reed Grass
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; they only overlap in zone 9.
Sunflower
Shares full sun 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.
Mexican Feather Grass
Shares full sun and moderate water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; overlaps, then carries the display into early summer; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.
Toyon
Shares full sun and low to 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; they only overlap in zones 9 to 10.