Companion plants for Ice Plant
Ice Plant blooms from June through September. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Ice Plant opens
Electric Lights Red Azalea
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; stands well above at 4 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Jade Turtle Cherry Laurel
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Cleveland Sage
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; stands well above at 4 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; they only overlap in zones 8 to 9.
Blooming alongside
False Indigo
Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Dragon Slayer Adam's Needle Yucca
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Red Yucca
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Switchgrass
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; overlaps, then carries the display into mid fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Blackhawks Big Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.