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.
Taking over as Ice Plant finishes
Perennial Sunflower
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; stands well above at 4.9 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.
Fountain Grass
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 3.3 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.
Switchgrass
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 4.9 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.
Blooming alongside
Rosemary
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; stands well above at 3.3 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Globe Thistle
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 3.3 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.
False Indigo
Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; stands well above at 3.3 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 3.3 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Spirea
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; stands well above at 3.3 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; echoes the pink.