Companion plants for Saucer Magnolia
Saucer Magnolia blooms from March through April. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Saucer Magnolia finishes
Joe Pye Weed
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; shorter at 6 ft, an understory layer.
Perennial Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; shorter at 5 ft, an understory layer.
Purple Coneflower
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; low at 3 ft, to carpet the ground beneath it.
Feather Reed Grass
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; shorter at 5 ft, an understory layer.
Pampas Grass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; shorter at 8 ft, an understory layer.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; low at 3.5 ft, to carpet the ground beneath it.
Ninebark
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; shorter at 6.5 ft, an understory layer; its white flowers settle the pink.
Gardenia
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; shorter at 4 ft, an understory layer; they only overlap in zones 8 to 9.