Companion plants for African Daisy
African Daisy blooms from April through June. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before African Daisy opens
Howard McMinn Manzanita
Shares full sun and low to 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.
Vintage Jade Distylium
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midwinter, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Taking over as African Daisy finishes
Prairie Blazing Star
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Brown-Eyed Susan
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Austin Pretty Limits Oleander
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Big Bluestem
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.