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
Brown-Eyed Susan
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.
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.
Ironweed
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.
Inkberry Holly
Shares full sun and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; stands well above at 7 ft, a canopy to plant beneath.
Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; stands well above at 6.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath.
Austin Pretty Limits Oleander
Shares full sun and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Berry Box Pyracomeles
Shares full sun and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 3.5 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.