Companion plants for Japanese Maple
Japanese Maple is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long. It wants part shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming alongside
Mountain Laurel
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; shorter at 9 ft, an understory layer.
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; shorter at 5.5 ft, an understory layer.
Salal
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; shorter at 5.5 ft, an understory layer.
Bottlebrush Grass
Shares part shade and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; shorter at 3 ft, an understory layer.
Zigzag Goldenrod
Shares part shade and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; low at 2.5 ft, to carpet the ground beneath it.
Tufted Hairgrass
Shares part shade and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; low at 2.5 ft, to carpet the ground beneath it.
Western Sword Fern
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; shorter at 3.5 ft, an understory layer.
Blue Wood Aster
Shares part shade and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; shorter at 3 ft, an understory layer.