Companion plants for Petunia
Petunia blooms from May through October. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming alongside
Chinese Fringe Flower
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Castle Rouge Blue Holly
Shares full sun and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Indian Hawthorn
Shares full sun and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Swamp Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; overlaps, then carries the display into late fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage.
Eye Candy Moss Phlox
Shares full sun and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Ironweed
Shares full sun and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Rosemary
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; opens in early spring and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage.
Blackhawks Big Bluestem
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage; taller at 5 ft, for the layer behind it.