Companion plants for Tulip Tree
Tulip Tree blooms from May through June. It wants full sun and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Tulip Tree opens
Eastern Redbud
Takes full sun to part sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; both are North American natives.
Flowering Cherry
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in mid spring, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; a soft color beside the yellow.
Taking over as Tulip Tree finishes
Joe Pye Weed
Shares full sun and moderate to high water; blooms in midsummer 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.
Perennial Sunflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Ironweed
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Passionflower
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; purple against yellow, for contrast.
Rose of Sharon
Shares full sun and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; low at 8 ft, to carpet the ground beneath it.
Switchgrass
Shares full sun and low to moderate water; blooms in late summer, extending the bed's season; both are strong pollinator plants, and they feed in different months; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.