Are you looking for plants that will complement your hydrangeas and perhaps even make them stronger/healthier?
Well, you’ve certainly come to the right place!
These plants will make your garden more beautiful, keep pests away from your hydrangeas and help them grow like never before!
7 Plants That Pair With Hydrangeas
This article will walk you through 7 of the best plants to pair with hydrangeas and some benefits of pairing them you’d be surprised to know about.
Let’s dive straight into it, shall we?
7 – Hostas
We cannot talk about pairing plants with hydrangeas and not mention hostas; it’s practically a crime. Hydrangeas and hostas go together like milk and cereal; of course, you can have them separately but together is always going to be better.
Hydrangeas bloom quite the large and majestic flowers while hostas offer mesmerizing foliage often in different color varieties.
Both plants typically have similar shade tolerance (full to partial shade) and easy maintenance requirements, meaning having them in the same garden together will only be beneficial.
6 – Coneflowers
Pairing coneflowers with hydrangeas can make for excellent visual contrast in your garden.
The hydrangeas will offer lush foliage and large round flowers while the coneflowers bloom out with comparatively smaller but sharper-looking petals.
You can also try matching or contrasting their colors as well which will add another unique layer of visual appeal to your garden.
5 – Gardenias
Hydrangeas and gardenias is another classic plant pairing that does really well. Although they do have their differences in terms of sun tolerance, you can definitely find a way to minimize the amount of direct sunlight that reaches your gardenias during the day.
Other than that, however, their watering needs and climate requirements are pretty similar and both plants seem to thrive in slightly acidic soil. They also complement each other visually, so no need to be concerned about this determining factor either.
4 – Conifers
Conifers and hydrangeas can be a fruitful pairing. In the garden, both can complement each other in meaningful ways and provide unique benefits to one another.
Visually, hydrangeas have large round blooms that will add a colorful pop to your garden. Conifers complement this pop with their green needle-like foliage and more muted colors.
Their overall shade tolerance, maintenance requirements, and climate needs are also pretty similar which makes them even more pair-worthy.
3 – Azaleas
Azaleas, especially the white and yellow kind, pair very well with hydrangeas.
To the eye, it’s nothing but beautiful to see the tubular blooms of azaleas with the larger and more mighty hydrangeas flowers. The lush foliage of hydrangeas may even contrast and bring up the azaleas a lot more.
Additionally, since hydrangeas are deciduous plants, they lose their leaves seasonally around fall whereas an evergreen variety of azaleas can hold up shape and foliage all year round. Seasonal changes in a garden add real personality to it.
2 – Daylilies
Daylily flowers can really complement the attractive foliage and large flowers of the hydrangeas. For a successful garden design, pairing both plants can be an excellent idea. Their blooms, although majorly different in shape, color, and size, can combine to make for an unforgettable visual treat.
1 – Roses
Everyone’s favorite – roses. You love them, I love them, we all love them!
Shrub roses can pair wonderfully with hydrangeas for a beautiful garden uplift. The roses add smaller, more colorful blooms to the picture while hydrangeas add a backdrop of stunning foliage and large blooms.
The colors, patterns, and textures all go hand in hand to create a work of art in your garden that seasonally keeps changing and rotating.
Final Words
Pairing plants isn’t as difficult or complex as people make it seem.
Although hydrangeas are beautiful and elegant on their own, adding in a complementary plant to pair with them can really transform the look of your garden entirely!
Don’t be afraid of experimentation. You are the garden owner and it’s up to you to decide which of the 7 plants we talked about will go well with your hydrangeas. Good luck!
