Companion plants for Wild Ginger
Wild Ginger is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long. It wants full shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming alongside
Western Sword Fern
Shares full shade and moderate water; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both are North American natives.
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; stands well above at 5.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both are North American natives.
Salal
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; stands well above at 5.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both are North American natives.
Drooping Leucothoe
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; stands well above at 4 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both are North American natives.
Duke Gardens Plum Yew
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; stands well above at 4 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Northern Sea Oats
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; both are North American natives.
Deer Fern
Shares full shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 1.5 ft, for the layer behind it; both are North American natives.
Marginal Wood Fern
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 1.5 ft, for the layer behind it; both are North American natives.