It's not just their beautiful foliage, but also their white flowers and red berries are decorative. The medlar is convincing across the board and not just when it stands alone. It also becomes an unexpected eye-catcher when combined with other plants.
Which plants go well with the loquat in the combination?
Gold privet, serviceberry and cherry laurel are suitable for combining with a loquat, as these plants have similar location requirements and emphasize the color of the foliage. In the pot, the loquat can be planted with low ground cover plants or early bloomers.
What factors should you consider when combining the loquat?
The medlar is quite peaceful. But it only looks really appealing with plants that match its characteristics. Therefore, pay attention to these factors:
- Leaf color: red when budding, green in summer and red in autumn
- Flower color: white
- Flowering time: May to June
- Location requirements: partially shaded, permeable and humus-rich soil
- Growth height: up to 3, 50 m
The loquat is particularly impressive when paired with accompanying plants that underline the color of its foliage. It is therefore important to combine them, for example, with evergreen plants or plants that are dark green when they shoot.
The location where the loquat prefers to grow is also important. Your plant neighbors should therefore be able to get used to a partially shaded location on humus-rich soil.
Also consider the height that the loquat can reach. The combination partners should be clearly visible so that the whole thing makes sense.
Combine cotoneaster in the bed or hedge
Some loquats are suitable as solitary plants, but all varieties can also be cleverly showcased with companion plants. As a hedge plant, the medlar is really not to be despised. Place cheerfully flowering or particularly beautifully leafy trees in the neighborhood. Both the medlar itself and its companions will benefit from the interaction.
Exceptionally well suited to the loquat, among other things:
- Golden Privet
- Forsythia
- Rock Pear
- Weigela
- Hawthorn
- Pfaffenhütchen
- Cherry Laurel
Combine loquat with golden privet
With its golden yellow foliage, the golden privet likes to attack the loquat. It wonderfully contrasts the brilliant red foliage of the medlar when it shoots and lasts for weeks. The resulting play of colors is exciting, not only when it shoots, but also when the loquat presents its flowers in summer.
Combine loquat with rock pear
The loquat and the rock pear are somewhat similar. Both sprout reddish, have white flowers and a decoration of berries in summer. The autumn leaves of the two are also strikingly red. For this combination, you can place the rock pear and the loquat at a sufficiently large distance in the background of the bed. There they provide pretty accents.
Combine loquat with cherry laurel
Since the cherry laurel is leafy all year round and its foliage is dark green and shiny, it goes perfectly with the loquat, which has just been waiting for such a partner. The dark green foliage of the cherry laurel makes the red of the cotoneaster pop. In addition, both plants have similar location requirements and are ideal as hedges.
Combine loquat in the bucket
In the pot you can plant your loquat with low ground cover plants or early bloomers. Alternatively, other trees are also suitable for combination in the bucket. But each tree should be planted in a separate bucket.
- Daffodils
- Tulips
- Boxwood
- Thuja
- Waldsteinie
- Elf Flower
