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Companion Planting Chart
A list of plants that effect the growth of nearby vegetation

Companion Planting Chart

The listing of companion plants and antagonist plants presented here is based on scientific evidence as well as on folklore. What works in one garden may not work in yours quite as well. But, if you experiment a little you may hit on a beneficial combination that no one has ever known.

Companion Planting Chart
Garden Plant	Companion Plants (Beneficial to growth and insect control)
Asparagus	Tomatoes, parsley, basil
Basil	Tomatoes (improves growth and flavor); said to dislike rue; repels flies and mosquitoes.
Bean	Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage, summer savory, most other vegetables and herbs; around house plants when set outside.
Bean (bush)	Sunflowers (beans like partial shade, sunflowers attract birds and bees), cucumbers (combination of heavy and light feeders), potatoes, corn, celery, summer savory.
Bee balm	Tomatoes (improves growth and flavor).
Beets	Onions, kohlrabi.
Borage	Tomatoes (attracts bees, deters tomato worm, improves growth and flavor), squash, strawberries.
Cabbage (cole crops)	Potatoes, celery, dill, chamomile, sage, thyme, mint, pennyroyal, rosemary, lavender, beets, onions; aromatic plants deter cabbage worms.
Caraway	Loosens soil; plant here and there.
Carrot	Peas, lettuce, chives, onions, leeks, rosemary, sage, tomatoes.
Catnip	Plant in borders; protects against flea beetles.
Celery	Leeks, tomatoes, bush beans, cauliflower, cabbage.
Chamomile	Cabbage, onions.
Chervil	Radishes (improves growth and flavor).
Chive	Carrots; plant around base of fruit trees to discourage insects from climbing trunk.
Corn	Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, pumpkin, squash.
Cucumber	Beans, corn, peas, radishes, sunflowers.
Dead nettle	Potatoes (deters potato bug).
Dill	Cabbage (improves growth and health), carrots.
Eggplant	Beans.
Fennel	Most plants are supposed to dislike it.
Flax	Carrots, potatoes.
Garlic	Roses and raspberries (deters Japanese beetle); with herbs to enhance their production of essential oils; plant liberally throughout garden to deter pests.
Hemp	Repels the cabbage butterfly
Henbit	General insect repellent.
Horseradish	Potatoes (deters potato beetle); around plum trees to discourage curculios.
Hyssop	Cabbage (deters cabbage moths), grapes; keep away from radishes.
Lamb's-quarters	Nutritious edible weeds; allow to grow in modest amounts in the corn.
Leek	Onions, celery, carrots.
Lemon balm	Here and there in garden.
Marigold	The workhorse of pest deterrents; keeps soil free of nematodes; discourages many insects; plant freely throughout garden. Here and there in garden.
Marjoram	Here and there in garden.
Mint	Cabbage family; tomatoes; deters cabbage moth.
Mole plant	Deters moles and mice if planted here and there throughout the garden.
Nasturtium	Tomatoes, radishes, cabbage, cucumbers; plant under fruit trees; deters aphids and pests of cucurbits.
Onion	Beets, strawberries, tomato, lettuce (protects against slugs), beans (protects against ants), summer savory.
Parsley	Tomato, asparagus.
Pea	Squash (when squash follows peas up trellis), plus grows well with almost any vegetable; adds nitrogen to the soil.
Petunia	Protects beans; beneficial throughout garden.
Pigweed	Brings nutrients to topsoil; beneficial growing with potatoes, onions and corn; keep well thinned.
Potato	Horseradish, beans, corn, cabbage, marigold, limas, eggplant (as trap crop for potato beetle).
Pot marigold	Helps tomato, but plant throughout garden as deterrent to asparagus beetle, tomato worm and many other garden pests.
Pumpkin	Corn
Radish	Peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cucumbers; a general aid in repelling insects.
Rosemary	Carrots, beans, cabbage, sage; deters cabbage moth, bean beetles and carrot fly.
Rue	Roses and raspberries; deters Japanese beetle; keep it away from basil.
Sage	Rosemary, carrots, cabbage, peas, beans; deters some insects.
Southernwood	Cabbage; plant here and there in garden.
Sow thistle	This weed in modest numbers can help tomatoes, onions and corn.
Soybean	Grows with anything; helps everything.
Spinach	Strawberries.
Squash	Nasturtium, corn.
Strawberry	Bush beans, spinach, borage, lettuce (as a border).
Summer savory	Beans, onions; deters bean beetles.
Sunflower	Cucumbers.
Tansy	Plant under fruit trees; deters pests of roses and raspberries; deters flying insects, also Japanese beetles, striped cucumber beetles, squash bugs; deters ants.
Tarragon	Good throughout garden.
Thyme	Here and there in garden; deters cabbage worm.
Tomato	Chives, onion, parsley, asparagus, marigold, nasturtium, carrot, limas.
Turnip	Peas
Valerian	Good supporting plant. Can be used throughout the moon garden.
Wormwood	As a border, keeps animals from the garden.
Yarrow	Plant along borders, near paths, near aromatic herbs; enhances essential oil production of herbs.

Diversify your garden planting scheme

Arrange your garden planting scheme in such a way as to imitate nature. That is not to say that you should plant your garden haphazardly or without a plan. Alternating your seeds and transplants in interlocking rows where one type of plant is near a suitable companion plant works well. This way you can form islands or patches of certain plants and yet maintain some order in the planting bed.

Natural garden model

Nature should always be the model for your gardening. In fact commercial growers owe their success on how well they mimic nature with their artificial growing methods.

Companion planting is used extensively by organic growers and home gardeners alike. When in doubt look to nature for your answer.


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Companion Planting Chart A list of plants that effect the growth of nearby vegetation