Companion plants for Turtlehead
Turtlehead blooms from August through September. It wants part sun and high water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Turtlehead opens
Swamp Azalea
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in late 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.
American Wintergreen
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Color Guard Yucca
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Mountain Laurel
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in late 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.
Decadence Deluxe Periwinkle Popsicle False Indigo
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
American Holly
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; blooms in late 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.
Carolina Rose
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; blooms in early summer, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Blooming alongside
Swamp Sunflower
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate to high water; blooms in mid fall as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.