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Vegetable Companion Planting Guide

Vegetables

Helps

Helped By

Attracts

Repels

Avoid

Broccoli

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Geraniums, Dill, Alliums, Rosemary, Nasturtium, Borage

     

Mustards, Tomato, Peppers

Cabbage
 

 

geraniums, dill, alliums, rosemary

   

mustards, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, and pole/runner beans

Carrots

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Peas, Radish, Lettuce, Onion, Chives, Sage, Leek, Tomato, Beans

     

Dill, Parsnip, Radish

Cucumber

 

nasturtiums, radishes, marigolds, sunflowers, peas, beets, carrots, & dill

beneficial for ground beetles

 

tomato, sage

Eggplant

beans, peppers

marigolds, tarragon, mints

   

runner beans

Lettuce

 

Carrots, Onions, Strawberry, Radish, Beetroot, Marigold, Cucumber

   

celery, cabbage, cress, parsley

Peppers

themselves, marjoram

tomatoes, geraniums, petunias

   

beans, kale (cabbage, brussels sprouts, etc.)

Pumpkin /

Squash

corn, beans

buckwheat, catnip, tansy, radishes

spiders, ground beetles

   

Spinach

 

peas, beans (they provide naturals shade for the spinach)

     

Tomatoes

roses, peppers

basil, oregano

 

asparagus beetle

black walnut, corn, fennel, peas, dill, potatoes, beetroot, brassicas (kohlrabi, cabbage, etc.) rosemary

 

 

 

Herbal Companion Planting Guide

Herbs

Helps

Helped By

Attracts

Repels

Avoid

Basil

tomato, peppers, oregano, asparagus, petunias

chamomile, anise

butterflies

asparagus beetle, mosquitoes, flies

common rue, sage

Chamomile

basil, wheat, onion, cabbage, cucumber

 

hoverflies, wasps

 

growing near herbs will increase their oil production

Cilantro/
Coriander

spinach

beans, peas

tachinid fly

aphids

 

Chives

apples, carrots, tomatoes, brassica (broccoli, cabbage, mustard, etc.), many others

carrots

 

cabbage worms, carrot fly, aphids

beans, peas

Dill

cabbages, corn, lettuce, onions, cucumbers

 

hoverflies, wasps, tomato horn worms, honeybees, ichneumonid wasps

aphids, spider mites, squash bugs, cabbage looper

carrots, tomatoes

Fennel

dill

dill

ladybugs, syrphid fly, tachinid fly

aphids

almost everything

Hyssop

cabbage, grapes (stimulates growth)

 

honeybees, butterflies

cabbage moth larvae, cabbage butterflies

 

Oregano

tomatoes, peppers, many other plants

basil

 

aphids

 

Peppermint

brassica (cabbage, kholrabi, broccoli, and other kales)

   

cabbage fly, ants, cabbage looper

 

Rosemary

sage, cabbage, beans, carrots

   

bean beetle

 

Sage

rosemary, cabbage, beans, carrots

 

honeybees, cabbage butterfly

cabbage flies, carrot fly, black flea beetle, cabbage looper, cabbage maggot

 

Spearmint

     

ants, aphids

 

 

 

 

Flower Companion Planting Guide

Flowers

Helps

Helped By

Attracts

Repels

Avoid

Geraniums

Roses, tomatoes,
peppers, grapes

   

leafhoppers,
Japanese beetles

 

Marigold

most plants, especially tomatoes and peppers, cucurbits (cucumbers, gourds, squash), brassicas (broccoli, kale, cabbage)

   

nematodes, beet leafhoppers, other pests

 

Nasturtium

many plants, especially cucurbits (melons, cucumbers, gourds), beans, tomatoes, apple trees, brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, etc.)

 

predatory insects (among the best in attracting)

aphids, cabbage looper, squash bug, white fly, cucumber beetles

radish, cauliflower

Petunia

curcurbits, (squash, pumpkins, cucumbers), asparagus

   

leafhoppers, Japanese beetles, aphids, asparagus beetle

 

Sunflower

corn, tomatoes

   

aphids

 

Yarrow

many plants

 

predatory wasps, ladybugs, hoverflies, damselbug