Companion plants for Snowflake
Snowflake blooms from March through April. It wants part sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Taking over as Snowflake finishes
False Indigo
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Bergenia
Shares part sun and moderate water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; overlaps, then carries the display into late spring; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Candytuft
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; overlaps, then carries the display into late spring; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Blue Oat Grass
Takes full sun to part sun and low to moderate 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.
Northern Sea Oats
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; blooms in midsummer, extending the bed's season; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Rhododendron
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; blooms in late spring as this one finishes; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 6 ft, for the layer behind it.
Blooming alongside
Autumn Fern
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Japanese Forest Grass
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; leafs out to hide the ripening bulb foliage as it dies back; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.