Companion plants for Impatiens
Impatiens blooms from May through October. It wants full shade and high water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Impatiens opens
Tall Oregon Grape
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high 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.
Winter Daphne
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high 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.
Hellebore
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Snowdrop
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; lower at 5 in, for the front of the border.
Blooming alongside
Japanese Aralia
Shares full shade and moderate to high water; blooms in late fall as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Woodland Stonecrop
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Douglas Iris
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Northern Sea Oats
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate to high water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.