Companion plants for Ornamental Kale
Ornamental Kale is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming alongside
Sneezeweed
Shares full sun and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Perennial Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Joe Pye Weed
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 6 ft, for the layer behind it.
Feather Reed Grass
Shares full sun and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Boxwood
Shares full sun and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 4 ft, for the layer behind it.
Fountain Grass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Gardenia
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 4 ft, for the layer behind it.