Companion Plants for Succulent Gardens - Southern California

Written by Patrick Anderson

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Patrick Anderson's Top Plant Recommendations

• Aloes 
• Companion Plants for Succulent Gardens

Favorite Companion Plants for Succulent Gardens

• Echium fastuosum
  Large, shrubby perennial with large spires of blue flowers in spring. Very tough and drought tolerant, it also reseeds and can naturalize in sunny areas. Watch it carefully; it grows quickly, and can shade out more valuable plants nearby.
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• Encelia farinosa
  A California native subshrub with felted grey leaves and bright yellow daisy-like flowers in late spring. It will also naturalize, so be sure to remove unwanted seedlings when they appear in the wrong place.
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• Euphorbia rigida
  A perennial eurphorbia that is very much at home among its succulent cousins. Its bright chartreuse bracts in late winter are a terrific complement to the reds & oranges of the aloes it accompanies. It self-sows readily, but not invasively.
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• Euphorbia rigida
  A perennial eurphorbia that is very much at home among its succulent cousins. Its bright chartreuse bracts in late winter are a terrific complement to the reds & oranges of the aloes it accompanies. It self-sows readily, but not invasively.
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• Hunnemannia fumariifolia
  One of my favorite annuals, this has feathery grey leaves and brilliant sulfur-yellow flowers through most of the spring and summer. It reseeds freely when it's happy in its surroundings, but unwanted seedlings (if there is such a thing) are easy to remove.
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• Romneya coulteri
  By far the most beautiful native perennial, in my opinion. Tall stems (to 6 feet) shoot up in the spring, topped in June by huge crinkly white flowers with bright yellow centers - giving this plant its other common name, the fried-egg plant. It spreads by underground runners and can be aggressive, but I can't think of anything I would rather have take over the garden. It looks best if it is cut completely to the ground each summer.
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• Urginea maritima
  This large (volleyball sized) bulb is from the Mediterranean region, so it is summer dormant. With winter rains come lush grey-green leaves, which die back by late spring. Then in late summer or fall, huge spikes (to 4 ft. or more) bearing thousands of tiny white flowers shoot up from the naked bulbs. The bulbs keep increasing in size with age, and eventually multiply into large clumps.
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