Companion plants for Geranium (Annual)

Geranium (Annual) blooms from May through October. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.

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Blooming before Geranium (Annual) opens

  • Siberian Squill

    Siberian Squill

    Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; lower at 6 in, for the front of the border; blue against red, for contrast.

  • Windflower

    Windflower

    Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; lower at 6 in, for the front of the border; blue against red, for contrast.

Blooming alongside

  • Candytuft

    Candytuft

    Shares full sun and low to moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 10 in, for the front of the border.

  • False Indigo

    False Indigo

    Shares full sun and low to moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.3 ft, for the layer behind it; blue against red, for contrast.

  • Sneezeweed

    Sneezeweed

    Shares full sun and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.3 ft, for the layer behind it; orange sits close to red on the wheel.

  • Little Bluestem

    Little Bluestem

    Shares full sun and low to moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.3 ft, for the layer behind it; orange sits close to red on the wheel.

  • Feather Reed Grass

    Feather Reed Grass

    Shares full sun and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 4.9 ft, for the layer behind it.

  • Switchgrass

    Switchgrass

    Shares full sun and low to moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 4.9 ft, for the layer behind it; pink sits close to red on the wheel.

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