Companion plants for Portulaca
Portulaca blooms from June through September. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Portulaca opens
Cleveland Sage
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; stands well above at 4 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Castle Rouge Blue Holly
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; stands well above at 6.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Indian Hawthorn
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Taking over as Portulaca finishes
Switchgrass
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; overlaps, then carries the display into mid fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Swamp Sunflower
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid fall as this one finishes; stands well above at 6 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Blooming alongside
False Indigo
Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Dragon Slayer Adam's Needle Yucca
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; its white flowers settle the orange.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; echoes the orange.