Encore Azaleas have long been cherished for their spectacular blooms and reliable performance, but combining them with the right companion plants can truly make your garden a blooming paradise. These companion plants have been carefully selected to complement the Azaleas’ colors, foliage, and growth habits, ensuring a harmonious and eye-catching display throughout the year.
Ever White Agapanthus is a semi-dwarf plant that blooms very early and reblooms with multiple spikes of brilliant white flowers. Plus is fast-growing, tough, and drought-tolerant. Pair Ever White with any of the Encore varieties or Autumn Angel, Ivory, Lily, or Moonlight to enhance their already brilliantly white blooms. Plant this pairing in USDA zones 8-10.
Baby Gem Boxwood makes the perfect landscape backdrop with its dense green foliage that retains its color all year. This compact plant would pair perfectly with any Encore Azalea and compliment their already evergreen foliage. Bringing life to your landscape all year long. Plant this pairing in USDA zones 6-9.
Everest Carex is a superb ground cover with distinctive white-striped foliage. Easy to grow and cold-hardy, Everest is a great accent plant for year-round plantings. Pair with a white blooming Encore Azalea for an extra added color enhancer, or mix it up with a purple or bi-colored blooming Encore for a pop of color. Plant this pairing in USDA zones 6-9.
Colorpop Pickables Dianthus is an easy-care perennial that provides nectar for hummingbirds and butterflies, as well as long-lasting color for your garden. Pair with our pink, red, or white Encore Azaleas to bring a burst of love and pollinators to your garden. Plant this pairing in USDA zones 6-10.
Emerald Snow Loropetalum bursts with pure white blooms in spring, and sporadically through summer and fall. Making it the perfect companion plant for any Encore Azalea with its white blooms and glossy-green foliage with lime green new growth! Plant this pairing in USDA zones 7-10.
Yewtopia Plum Yew is heat tolerant, drought resistant, and shade loving. It’s evergreen and slow growing, making it easy to care for and requiring little pruning. Pair any Encore Azalea color with this plant, and let the different evergreen textures explode in your landscape. Plant this pairing in USDA zones 6-10.
Chef’s Choice Rosemary is compact and brings the kitchen right to your front steps. Pair purple Encore Azaleas with Chef’s Choice to compliment its blooms and make a remarkable evergreen duo in any space of your landscape. Plant this pairing in USDA zones 8-10.
Why choose just one standout plant when you can have a harmonious symphony of colors and textures with our dynamic duo? With these selections from Southern Living Plant Collection, you’ll enjoy a garden that keeps on blooming and captivating season after season.