Companion plants for Goatsbeard
Goatsbeard blooms from June through July. It wants part shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Goatsbeard opens
Coloratus Wintercreeper
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Shares part shade 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.
Drooping Leucothoe
Shares part shade 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.
Flowering Dogwood
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 23 ft, for the layer behind it.
Shadblow Serviceberry
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 24 ft, for the layer behind it.
Taking over as Goatsbeard finishes
Zigzag Goldenrod
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in late summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Blue Wood Aster
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in late summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Blooming alongside
Woodland Stonecrop
Shares part shade and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.