Re: Re: Companion Plants For Hops Aureus

Diana, Val's ideas for companions for your Golden Hops vine sound great.  But
if it is perennial hops you are growing (there are both perennial and annual
forms), I believe it is susceptible to powdery mildew.  Planting phlox and/or
monarda with it would probably be asking for trouble, since both of those also
get powdery mildew.  That may not be a problem in Washington.  Here in
Missouri's hot, humid summers monarda is ALWAYS covered with p. mildew by
July.  Phlox often is.  I dearly love monarda but have pulled it all out for
that reason and have found my phlox does much better without monarda around to
attract fungi.  Maybe you don't have to worry about that in Washington.  (I
would be curious to know.)  But, I  wanted to warn you just in case.  

Janis
Webster Groves, Missouri
Zone 6



Val in Kentucky wrote:

>I'm thinking that hot pink monarda, dame's rocket, phlox or even some
>obedient plant would look good against those lime green hops and give a
l>ittle height.  Edge up those with something electric blue, like the lower
>growing campanulas, bachelor's buttons, lobelia, veronica, or sage.

>I saw similar color combos like this at a local nursery and loved it!

Diana L. Politika wrote:
> 
> I have a lovely Golden Hops vine climbing up and over a pergola that
> conceals our nifty outhouse.  It is really quite attractive, as the vine
> is not at all tangled, but rather each vine twines it's way up the
> pergola supports, each replicating the next.  I wish to plant something
> in front of the hops that would make a good contrast.
> I tried putting dark blue delphineums in front, and it doesn't look good
> at all.
> Suggestions, anyone?
> --
> The Greenhouse Nursery
> 81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
> Port Angeles, WA  98362
> (360) 417-2664
> Zone 8
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