The Montbretias look like little blazing flames during their flowering period. The reason is its fiery red and exotic-looking flowers, which make it a visually unusual and valuable ornamental plant. How do you make them look promising with other plants?
What tips are there for combining Montbretien?
To combine Montbretias in a promising way, pay attention to their flower color, flowering time, location requirements and height of growth. Combine with plants of the same flowering period and choose companion plants with matching or contrasting colors, such as dahlias, torch lilies or feather grass.
What factors should you consider when combining Montbretien?
When combining Montbretien, it is recommended to emphasize their expression. Therefore, you should consider the following factors when choosing companion plants:
- Flower color: light red, dark red, orange or yellow
- Flowering time: July to October
- Site requirements: sunny, loose and well-drained soil
- Growth height: up to 100 cm
From midsummer to autumn, Montbretias bless us with their flowers. If you want to make them look even stronger, you should combine Montbretien with plants that bloom at the same time.
When making a combination, consider the respective flower color of your Montbretie. You can combine the red, orange or yellow with similarly warm colors or specifically use cooler colors as a contrast.
Montbretia is sun-drenched, which is why only planting partners who prefer sun to shade should be considered.
Combine Montbretien in the bed or in the bucket
Perennials and grasses that display their flowers in summer go well with the Montbretias. While the grasses gently surround the Montbretias, flowering perennials can provide colorful highlights. The most impressive are those that produce blue flowers. These form an impressive contrast to red Montbretias. Remember to place the Montbretias in the middle of the bed area, otherwise they would obscure smaller plants.
Class companion plants for Montbretia include:
- Dahlias
- African Lilies
- Gladiolus
- Torch Lilies
- Indian nettles
- Ornamental grasses such as pennisetum or feather grass
- Patagonian Verbena
- Sweet Thistle
Combine Montbretia with Patagonian Verbena
Opposites attract and are exciting - this becomes obvious when light to dark red Montbretias stand together with Patagonian verbena. The blue-violet flowers of the Patagonian verbena create a great cold-warm contrast to the Montbretias. Don't worry: these two have similar location requirements and get along excellently in the neighborhood.
Combine Montbretien with feather grass
The feather grass is experiencing a noticeable revival with the addition of montbretia. Its simple color can be given some variety by the occasional planting of Montbretias. In addition, the overall picture appears exciting and almost dynamic.
Combine Montbretien with torch lily
The fiery element is not only inherent in the Montbretias, but also in the torch lilies. The two plants harmonize perfectly with each other as they grow slenderly tall and light up with their spectacular flowers high up. Their height is similar and they are at eye level with each other.
Combine Montbretien as a bouquet in a vase
If you cut back your Montbretias in the fall, you can use the flower stems for a bouquet. However, since a bouquet from Montbretien alone seems rather boring, you should add other flowers. Flowers with long flower spikes - ideally in a blue color - accentuate the Montbretia flowers fabulously. A few stalks of ornamental grasses can round off the arrangement.
- Sunflowers
- Calla
- larkspur
- Steppe Sage
- Dahlias
- Lilies
- delicate ornamental grasses such as feather grass and pipe grass
