Companion plants for Grape Hyacinth
Grape Hyacinth blooms from March through April. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Grape Hyacinth finishes
False Indigo
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Globe Thistle
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Catmint
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Blue Oat Grass
Shares full sun and low water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Switchgrass
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Lavender
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Butterfly Bush
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; stands well above at 6.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.