Companion plants for Queen of the Prairie

Kinnikinnick

Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; low at 8 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.

American Holly

Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

Red Robin Photinia

Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

Ever After Ruby Reblooming Azalea

Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.

Common Hackberry

Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; both are North American natives.

Sweetgum

Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; both are North American natives.

Wisteria

Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; climbs to 26 ft behind it, height without the footprint.

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Common Sneezeweed

Shares full sun and high water; blooms in late summer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; this one spreads, so it will crowd its neighbor in time.