Companion plants for Lavender
Lavender blooms from June through August. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Lavender opens
Creeping Phlox
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; lower at 6 in, for the front of the border.
Crocus
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; lower at 4 in, for the front of the border.
Lilac
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 9.8 ft, for the layer behind it.
Flowering Crabapple
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Bluestar
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; blue sits close to purple on the wheel.
Grape Hyacinth
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border.
Blooming alongside
Autumn Crocus
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early fall as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; lower at 6 in, for the front of the border.
Sage
Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; both are strong pollinator plants; blue sits close to purple on the wheel.