Companion plants for Mullein
Mullein blooms from June through August. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Mullein opens
Candytuft
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; lower at 10 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Rock Cress
Shares full sun and low 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.
Texas Mountain Laurel
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; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Kinnikinnick
Shares full sun and low to 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.
American Holly
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; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Taking over as Mullein finishes
Pink Muhly Grass
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early fall 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.
Splitbeard Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; overlaps, then carries the display into late fall; both are strong pollinator plants; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Blooming alongside
Eye Shadow Moss Phlox
Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants.