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.
Blooming before Meadow Rue opens
Primrose
Shares part shade and moderate 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 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.
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.
Lungwort
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; lower at 12 in, for the front of the border.
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.
Hellebore
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Windflower
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; low at 6 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Blooming alongside
Pansy
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; opens in early spring and overlaps into this one's season; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both offer pollinator forage.