Admittedly, the cape basket looks simply impressive among its peers when different flower colors combine with each other and create colorful splashes of color. But the Cape basket is not only wonderfully expressed in the presence of its relatives, but also in combination with differences.
Which plants can you combine cape baskets with?
To combine cape baskets aesthetically, companion plants should have similar location requirements and have harmonious flower colors. Suitable combination partners include bearskin grass, scented rocks, hussar button, daisies, geraniums, zinnias, sage and lupins.
What factors should you consider when combining cape cups?
If you want to present the cape basket aesthetically, you should consider the following factors when choosing companion plants:
- Flower color: white, yellow, red, pink, violet or orange
- Flowering time: May to September
- Location requirements: sunny, well-drained and nutrient-rich soil
- Growth height: up to 40 cm
Thanks to its long flowering period, the cape basket is suitable for combining with numerous plants that are visible in summer and, ideally, also show their flowers.
Suitable planting partners, like the Cape basket, prefer a sun-drenched location on a permeable and nutrient-enriched soil. Therefore, exclude shade-loving companion plants from the outset.
It is also important to take the growth height of the cape basket into account when combining it with other plants. Since it remains quite small, taller plants should be placed in its background.
Combine cape baskets in the bed or in the balcony box
The cape basket goes well with numerous other summer flowers. With its variety of flower colors, you can show it off with combination partners exactly as desired: whether lovely and delicate in pink and white or strong and fiery in red and yellow. A great sea of flowers is almost guaranteed. But be careful: the colors should not be chosen too differently or freely, otherwise the overall picture will appear chaotic. In addition, ornamental grasses are also ideal for living alongside the cape basket.
These companion plants have proven themselves in combination with the cape basket:
- Ornamental grasses such as bearskin grass and feather grass
- Daisies
- Geraniums
- Hussar Button
- Scented Stones
- Zinnias
- Sage
- Lupins
Combine cape baskets with bearskin grass
An absolutely enriching symphony is created from the cape basket and the bearskin grass. Simply place the bearskin grass in the bed behind the Cape basket or between individual groups of Cape baskets. With its graceful and spherical growth it will gently surround the Cape basket and make its colors shine with its rich green.
Combine cape baskets with scented stones
The scented steinrich enjoys being pampered by the sun just as much as the cape basket. It also comes from southern regions and reaches a similar height as the Cape basket. If you want to combine these two with each other, ideally plant several specimens of the scented stonecrop around a colorful mix of Cape baskets. Colorful flower suns are then surrounded by delicate flower clouds.
Combine cape basket with hussar button
There is plenty of space in a balcony box for the charming duo: hussar button and cape basket. Yellow hussar buttons exuberantly enrich the appearance of red and purple cape baskets as they form a striking contrast. This combination is also convincing because both plants have similar requirements for their location and their flower shape harmonizes.
Combine Cape baskets as a bouquet in the vase
The Cape baskets are perfect for smaller vases and lovely bouquets of flowers. For example, combine white or yellow cape baskets with violet-blue knapweed flowers. These small cut flowers also look wonderful in a bouquet with other delicate summer flowers that hold well in a small vase.
- Mallows
- Cosmeen
- Daisies
- Poppy
- Knapweeds
