Companion plants for Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophyllaflower
32 plants scored for growing underneath and alongside it β shade tolerance, root depth and spacing.
Best plants to grow beneath it
- Great pair
- Wild Garlic attracts Hoverflies, which prey on the Aphids that attack Hydrangea
- Wild Garlic acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Hydrangea
- Hydrangea gives Wild Garlic sheltering shade in the heat of summer
- Great pair
- African Marigold attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids and Spider mites that attack Hydrangea
- African Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Hydrangea
- Hydrangea draws Bees and Bumblebees and more that improve pollination for both
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Hydrangea β no account needed.
Also works underneath
- Bugloss
- Chervil
- Christiana Lavender
- Forget-me-not
- French Marigold
- Garden Cress
- Land Cress
- Wallflower
- Candytuft
- Clover
- corydalis
- Fernleaf Lavender
- Foamflower
- garden lady's-mantle
- leopard's bane
- Moldavian dragonhead
- Sainfoin
- Snake's head fritillary
- Spiderwort
- Allard's Lavender
- Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Buchii Lavender
- Chaytor's Lavender
- French lavender
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Hydrangea
White Sage releases compounds that inhibit Hydrangea
