Companion plants for Meadow Rue

Meadow Rue blooms from June through July. It wants part shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.

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Blooming before Meadow Rue opens

  • Coloratus Wintercreeper

    Coloratus Wintercreeper

    Shares part shade and moderate 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.

  • Creeping Woodland Phlox

    Creeping Woodland Phlox

    Shares part shade and moderate 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.

  • Ever After Blush Reblooming Azalea

    Ever After Blush Reblooming Azalea

    Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in mid 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.

  • Drooping Leucothoe

    Drooping Leucothoe

    Shares part shade and moderate 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.

  • Snowdrop

    Snowdrop

    Shares part shade and moderate 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.

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  • Flowering Dogwood

    Flowering Dogwood

    Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; taller at 23 ft, for the layer behind it.

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Blooming alongside

  • Zigzag Goldenrod

    Zigzag Goldenrod

    Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in late summer as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.

  • Woodland Stonecrop

    Woodland Stonecrop

    Shares part shade and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants.

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