Lavender brings color to any garden bed. With the right companion plants as plant neighbours, it can be even more effective. Below is a small list of the best neighbors. However, there are a few things to consider.
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Lavender likes it sunny
The real lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is a real eye-catcher in the garden with its blue to violet panicles of flowers. The subshrub can be planted individually or combined with other plants. The accompanying plants must have about the same requirements in terms of location, soil and care as lavender. Also includes
- a sunny and warm location
- a permeable, dry, rather nutrient-poor soil
- somewhat sandy and gritty soil conditions
- little water and fertilizer
- no waterlogging, mainly in winter
Visually, plant neighbors in yellow, white or red to pink and purple colors go perfectly with the lavender. It is good to know in this context that “Lavandula” is quite tolerant of lime. Neighbors who need calcareous soil are also no problem.
Planting in the aroma garden
A combination with other Mediterranean herbs as plant neighbors in so-called fragrance or aroma gardens is best. These herbs are best suited as accompanying plants for the lavender.
Beifuß (Artemisia vulgaris)
- Growth: herbaceous, perennial
- Growth height: 70 to 180 cm
- Flowers: Flower heads arranged in spikes or racemes, grey-green to yellow or pale pink
- Flowering period: June to September
Bergbohnenkraut (Satureja montana)
- Habit: woody stems, semi-shrub, evergreen
- Growth height: 30 to 40 cm
- Flowers: Labiate, white, blue-violet, red to pink
- Flowering period: June to October
Currykraut ( Helichrysum italicum )
- Habit: semi-shrub, evergreen
- Growth height: 20 to 60 cm
- flowers: small, yellow, racemose inflorescences
- Flowering period: June to September
Oregano (Origanum vulgare)
- Growth: herbaceous, perennial, herbaceous runners
- Growth height: 40 to 65 cm
- Flowers: small labiate flowers, in pseudopanicles, white to pink
- Flowering period: July to September
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
- Growth: evergreen shrub, woody stems
- Growth height: 7 to 120 cm
- Flowers: Labiate, panicle-like inflorescences, blue-purple, white, pink
- Flowering time: March to April
Sage ( Salvia officinalis )
- Growth: woody semi-shrub
- Growth height: 50 to 80 cm
- flowers: pink to purple
- Flowering period: May to August
Thymian (Thymus vulgaris)
- Growth: creeping or upright, heavily branched
- Growth height: 10 to 40 cm
- flowers: pale pink, light violet, funnel-shaped
- Flowering period: June to October
Zistrose (Cistus)
- Growth: evergreen, bushy, branched subshrubs
- Growth height: 30 to 80 cm
- Flowers: white, pink, violet, orange center
- Flowering period: May to June
Planting in the rock garden
Due to its demands on soil and location, the subshrub is also well suited for rock gardens. Here, too, there are some companion plants with which lavender harmonises well, such as
Blue Catfish (Catananche caerulea)
- Growth: upright, rosette-like, clumpy
- Growth height: 40 to 60 cm
- flowers: radial, blue, white, pink
- Flowering period: June to September
However Meerkohl (Crambe maritima)
- Growth: upright, clumpy
- Growth height: 30 to 75 cm
- flowers: umbel-shaped, white
- Flowering period: May to June
Lady’s Mantle ( Alchemilla )
- Growth: low, cushion-like, hemispherical
- Growth height: 10 to 50 cm
- flowers: umbel-shaped, yellow-green
- Flowering period: June to July
Yellow stonecrop (Sedum kamschatikum)
- Growth: cushion-like, clump-forming
- Growth height: 15 to 20 cm
- Flowers: orange-yellow, star-shaped single flowers, held together in umbels
- Flowering period: July to September
Yellow scabious (Knautia kitaibelii)
- Growth: upright, slightly overhanging
- Growth height: 40 to 80 cm
- flowers: ball-shaped, bright yellow
- Flowering period: June to October
Graslilien (Anthericum)
- Growth: upright, clumpy
- Growth height: 30 to 70 cm
- Flowers: white star-shaped flowers, slightly fragrant
- Flowering period: May to September
Holy herb ( Santolina )
- Habit: evergreen subshrubs, clumpy, bushy
- Growth height: 10 to 50 cm
- Flowers: small, round, umbel-shaped, white, yellow
- Flowering period: June to August
Kartäusernelke (Dianthus carthusianorum)
- Growth: upright, clumpy
- Growth height: 15 to 45 cm
- flowers: small, cupped purple-colored
- Flowering period: June to September
Pfingstnelke (Dianthus Gratianopolitanus)
- Growth: cushion-like, evergreen
- Growth height: 5 to 20 cm
- flowers: simple, bell-shaped, pink to crimson
- Flowering period: May to July
Steinkraut (Alyssum)
- Growth: cushion-like, low to slightly upright
- Growth height: 5 to 20 cm
- Flowers: Umbelliferous, yellow, white, pink and shades of purple
- Flowering period: June to September
Wollziest (Stachys byzantina)
- Growth: carpet-like, creeping
- Growth height: 30 to 40 cm
- Flowers: inconspicuous, in panicles, violet to pink
- Flowering period: July to August
Lavender in the perennial bed
But lavender also cuts a fine figure in the perennial border. Plant neighbors are popular among others
Bearded iris, bearded iris ( Iris barbata )
- Growth: upright
- Growth height: 40 to 90 cm
- Flowers: Furry, velvety coating, 6 to 10 cm in size, up to four flowers on a peduncle, all colors
- Flowering time: April to June
Flame flower, white (Phlox paniculata)
- Growth: upright, clumpy
- Growth height: 100 to 120 cm
- Flowers: umbel-shaped, white, slightly fragrant
- Flowering period: July to September
Färberkamille (Anthemi tinctoria)
- Growth: upright, clumpy
- Growth height: 40 to 100 cm
- flowers: simple, cupped, yellow, white
- Flowering period: May to September
Königskerze (Verbascum)
- Growth: upright, clumpy
- Growth height: 10 to 100 cm
- Flowers: in panicles, yellow, red-violet to violet
- Flowering period: May to June
Kugeldistel (Echinops)
- Growth: upright, clumpy, basal tuft of leaves
- Growth height: 60 to 100 cm
- flowers: ball-shaped, light violet
- Flowering period: August to September
Rittersporn (Delphinium)
- Growth: upright, clumpy
- Growth height: 100 to 180 cm
- Flowers: racemose, large, light blue, dark blue, pink, white, violet
- Flowering period: June to September
Hemlocallis
- Growth: sprawling, clumpy, hanging slightly arching
- Growth height: 50 to 100 cm
- Flowers: cup-shaped, dark red, white, yellow
- Flowering period: June to July
