Think about how plants can partner with each other in your garden. In the first photo below hostas were planted with daffodils. The daffodils appear first and have their time to shine. After they have bloomed and the plants start look scraggly the hostas grow and cover them. This allows the daffodils to wilt and send their nutrients back into the soil for next year’s blooms without making the garden look unkempt.

In the second photo Coral Bells are propping up Nepeta, which tends to get leggy and then droops. Both the Coral Bells and Nepeta are beginning to cover a Primrose that is past its prime.