Companion plants for Monkshood
Monkshood blooms from August through September. It wants part sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Monkshood opens
American Wintergreen
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Woodland Stonecrop
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Thyme
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; low at 6 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Coloratus Wintercreeper
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Chick Charms Berry Blues Hens & Chicks
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate water; blooms in midsummer, before this one opens; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Eye Candy Moss Phlox
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Idaho Fescue
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Blooming alongside
Carnival Scotch Heather
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; opens in early summer and overlaps into this one's season; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.