Companion plants for Blazing Star
Blazing Star blooms from July through August. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Blazing Star opens
Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; taller at 8.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Desert Globemallow
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; both are North American natives.
Foxglove Penstemon
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; both are North American natives.
Common Pawpaw
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; taller at 17 ft, for the layer behind it.
Fragrant Sumac
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; taller at 4.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
White Fringetree
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; taller at 17 ft, for the layer behind it.
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.
Dutchman's Pipe
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; climbs to 24 ft behind it, height without the footprint.