Companion plants for Bigleaf Hydrangea
Bigleaf Hydrangea blooms from June through September. It wants part sun and high water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Bigleaf Hydrangea opens
Primrose
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; low at 8 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Snowdrop
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; low at 5 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Flowering Dogwood
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high 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.
Azalea
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high 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.
Wisteria
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; climbs to 26 ft behind it, height without the footprint.
Taking over as Bigleaf Hydrangea finishes
Aster
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; overlaps, then carries the display into mid fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.
Winterberry
Takes full sun to part sun and high water; blooms in mid fall as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Blooming alongside
Bugleweed
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; low at 6 in, to carpet the ground beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.