Companion plants for Switchgrass
Switchgrass blooms from August through October. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Switchgrass opens
Thyme
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late 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.
Creeping Phlox
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in mid 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.
White Clover
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months.
Bachelor's Button
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; lower at 2.5 ft, for the front of the border.
Grape Hyacinth
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early spring, before this one opens; low at 8 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Lamb's Ear
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; lower at 1.5 ft, for the front of the border.
Blooming alongside
Crocus
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late winter, extending the bed's season; low at 4 in, to carpet the ground beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
California Poppy
Shares full sun and low water; opens in late spring and overlaps into this one's season; both are strong pollinator plants; lower at 12 in, for the front of the border.