Companion plants for Ligularia
Ligularia blooms from July through August. It wants part shade and high water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Ligularia opens
Woodland Stonecrop
Shares part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Coloratus Wintercreeper
Shares part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Green and Gold
Shares part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Bunchberry
Shares part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Mountain Laurel
Shares part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Pansy
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Snowdrop
Shares part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; low at 5 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Blooming alongside
American Wintergreen
Shares part shade and moderate to high water; opens in early summer and overlaps into this one's season; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants.