What factors should be considered when combining Hussar buttons?
In order for the combination of the hussar button to be visually enriching, you should consider the following factors:
- flower color: yellow or orange
- heyday: June to October
- Location Requirements: sunny, humus-rich and nutrient-rich soil
- growth height: 25 to 30 cm
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Due to its low stature, it should Hussar buttons preferably planted in the foreground of beds. His combination partners are allowed to support him. Companion plants of a similar height can also be considered.
The yellow to orange flowers of the Husarenköpfchen are wonderfully expressed in combination with red or purple flowers of other plants. However, they can also ensure harmony and combine similar flower colors with each other.
Also, consider its location requirements when combining the Hussar Button. Its immediate neighbors should also like it sunny and need a nutrient-rich substrate. A combination with, for example, Mediterranean plants is therefore unsuitable, as they usually prefer dry and barren locations to grow.
Combine hussar buttons in the bed or in the balcony box
With its colorful flowers, the hussar button brings life into the bed and is also popular for window boxes,(€33.00 at Amazon*) wherein it develops a lovely overhang. Combine the Husarenknöpfchen in the bed with radiant perpetual bloomers that feel great in full sun. In the balcony box, hussar buttonlets like to be found next to other plants that develop a similar cushion-like and overhanging growth.
The following go very well with the Husarenknöpfchen:
- lobelia
- tagetes
- ornamental sage
- Autumn Pillow Asters
- summer gentian
- trailing petunias
- Blue fan flower
- elf spur
Combine hussar buttons with lobelia
Very popular companion plants for the hussar button in the balcony box are blue lobelia. Yellow hussar buttons form a stunning contrast here. The two plants hang over the edge almost hand in hand and enhance the glow of their blossoms. You can enjoy the abundance of flowers all summer long and until autumn.
Combine hussar buttons with trailing petunias
You get an equally impressive play of colors if you combine the hussar button in the balcony box with trailing petunias. Purple or red trailing petunias next to yellow hussar's buttons make for a particularly great spectacle. The two develop a similar habit and like to bask in the sun and in nutrient-rich soil.
Combine Hussar Buttons with Autumn Pillow Aster
Do you want to display the hussar button in the flower bed? Here the autumn cushion asters go very well with the hussar buttons. Combine high-contrast colors with each other or instead create a more calm-looking floral delight of yellow hussar's buttons and white autumn cushion asters.
Combine hussar buttons as a bouquet in the vase
As a cut flower, the hussar button is particularly suitable for smaller vases. It looks lovely in it next to double daisies and Spanish daisies. In addition, a beautiful composition is created in the vase in the interplay between the hussar button and magic snow.
- Stuffed Daisies
- Spanish Daisies
- magic snow
