Companion plants for Globe Amaranth
Globe Amaranth blooms from June through October. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Globe Amaranth opens
Rock Cress
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; lower at 4 in, for the front of the border.
Rosemary
Shares full sun and low 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.
Flowering Crabapple
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; echoes the pink.
Viburnum
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; taller at 6.5 ft, for the layer behind it; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Blooming alongside
Sea Thrift
Shares full sun and low water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; 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 water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.
Lavender
Shares full sun and low water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.