Butterfly Weed Companion Plants. Butterfly weed plants can withstand damage from the monarch butterfly caterpillars. Plant on 1 foot or slightly less centers so plants grow into adjacent plants to give good coverage for weed control.
Companion plants for bee balm. I d like to add some native companions that won t compete too much. Butterflyweed asclepias tuberosa also known as butterfly milkweed orange milkweed pleurisy root chigger flower is a slow to emerge perennial bearing fragrant clusters of orange flowers which attract butterflies the seedpods are quite ornamental.
Bee balm can readily partner with the much taller joe pye weed and both are butterfly magnets in the hot summer sun.
I ve planted about 30 feet of dry bank with butterfly weed. As you might imagine butterfly weed is a great companion plant because it draws in pollinators and beneficial insects. Don t spray to kill them or you ll not have any beautiful butterflies. The foot of the bank is quite damp standing water at times and i m adding a.