Companion plants for Queen of the Prairie
Queen of the Prairie blooms from June through July. It wants full sun and high water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Queen of the Prairie opens
Flowering Crabapple
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 20 ft, for the layer behind it.
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.
Eastern Redbud
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; taller at 23 ft, for the layer behind it.
Taking over as Queen of the Prairie finishes
Winterberry
Shares full sun and high water; blooms in mid fall, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; both are North American natives.
Joe Pye Weed
Shares full sun and high water; overlaps, then carries the display into early fall; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both offer pollinator forage; this one spreads, so it will crowd its neighbor in time.
Bee Balm
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; overlaps, then carries the display into late summer; both offer pollinator forage; lower at 3 ft, for the front of the border.
Perennial Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate to 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.
Blooming alongside
Tulip Tree
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; both offer pollinator forage; both are North American natives.
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