Companion plants for Shrub Rose
Shrub Rose blooms from May through October. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Shrub Rose opens
Yaupon Holly
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Texas Mountain Laurel
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Windflower
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; low at 6 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Blooming alongside
Eye Candy Moss Phlox
Shares full sun and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants.
Chick Charms Berry Blues Hens & Chicks
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Kinnikinnick
Shares full sun and moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants.
Candytuft
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; opens in mid spring and overlaps into this one's season; lower at 10 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants.
Buffalograss
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; lower at 8 in, for the front of the border; both are strong pollinator plants; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.