AT A GLANCE
Which plants can be combined with Goldliguster?
What factors should be considered when combining Goldliguster?
In order to be able to enjoy the combination of the gold liguster with companion plants in the long term, the following factors should be taken into account:
- foliage color: light green and golden yellow
- flower color: white
- heyday: June to July
- Location Requirements: sunny to semi-shady, well-drained and nutrient-rich soil
- growth height: up to 3m
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The two-tone foliage of the gold privet does not go well with all other plants. Combine it with similarly colored plants or set a specific contrast to the green-yellow.
Not all optically matching plant partners are suitable for the Goldliguster. You should also be able to cope with a sunny location and prefer nutrient-rich soil.
Essentially, the growth height of the gold liguster is also important if you are looking for plants that harmonize with it.
Combine Goldliguster in a bed or in a bucket
In beds, the gold privet can become a valuable background plant or even a solitary focal point. It is most impressive when combined with perennials and grasses, which, like it, are yellow-green in color. On top of that, he does fantastic in a team with blue grasses like the blue fescue.
The best companion plants for the gold privet in the bed and in the bucket include:
- roses
- blue fescue
- Chinese reed
- sun eye
- girl eye
- ranunculus
Combine gold privet with ranunculus
A true dream couple are the gold privet and the rankunculus bush. They form a wonderful symphony of colors. The yellow flowers of the ranunculus bush complete the picture of the gold privet and when the ranunculus bush takes a break from flowering in midsummer, the gold privet reveals its white panicles of flowers.
[image: bed|goldliguster, ranunculus]Combine gold privet with blue fescue
With this combination, blue and yellow shine brightly. The blue fescue should be planted in front of the gold privet, as it is only close to the ground. With its blue culms, it accentuates the green-yellow foliage of the gold privet. This combination works best in the bucket when the gold privet grows on a trunk and is planted with the blue fescue.
[picture: kuebel|goldliguster, blue fescue]Combine Goldprivet with Suneye
The sun eye also fits the gold privet and quite fabulously. It also likes to stand in the sun and in summer harmonises with the yellow of the golden privet due to the yellow of its flowers. In order to make the overall picture look relaxed, it is advisable to place several sun eyes in the foreground of the gold privet.
[image: beet|goldliguster, suneye]Combine Goldliguster as a hedge
The attractive appearance of the gold privet also comes into its own in a hedge. There, combinations with trees with different colored leaves have proven their worth. An interaction with evergreen hedge plants such as cherry laurel or firethorn is also useful, since the golden privet also presents its foliage all year round. The following accompanying plants for the hedge have proven themselves:
- hornbeam
- medlar
- cherry laurel
- barberry
- Firethorn
- weigela
- bubble spar
