Companion plants for Rose of Sharon
Rose of Sharon blooms from July through September. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Rose of Sharon opens
Sea Thrift
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; low at 8 in, to carpet the ground beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Decadence Vanilla Cream False Indigo
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Yaupon Holly
Shares full sun and moderate 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.
Kinnikinnick
Shares full sun and moderate 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.
Prairie Junegrass
Shares full sun and low to moderate 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.
Candytuft
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; low at 10 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Blooming alongside
Carnival Scotch Heather
Shares full sun and moderate water; low at 8 in, to carpet the ground beneath; opens in early summer and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Buffalograss
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; low at 8 in, to carpet the ground beneath; opens in early summer and overlaps into this one's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.