Companion plants for Crocus
Crocus blooms from February through March. It wants full sun and low water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Crocus finishes
Globe Thistle
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Sea Thrift
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in mid spring as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Creeping Sedum
Shares full sun and low water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Blue Oat Grass
Shares full sun and low water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Little Bluestem
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Lavender
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Cosmos
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in early summer, extending the bed's season; stands well above at 3.5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.
Blooming alongside
Switchgrass
Shares full sun and low water; blooms in late summer, before this one opens; stands well above at 5 ft, a canopy to plant beneath; both offer pollinator forage, in different months.