Companion plants for Eastern Redbud
Eastern Redbud blooms from April through April. It wants part sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Eastern Redbud finishes
Rhododendron
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Joe Pye Weed
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Perennial Sunflower
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Sneezeweed
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Ninebark
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; shorter at 6.5 ft, an understory layer.
Hybrid Tea Rose
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; shorter at 4 ft, an understory layer.
Tulip Tree
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; both are North American natives.
Blooming alongside
Camellia
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; blooms in midwinter, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.