Although the list below tells which plants are compatable, here is also some information about which plants aren't:
- Beans don't like onions
- Cabbage doesn't like strawberries, tomatoes or dill
- Carrots don't like dill
- Cucumbers don't like aromatic herbs or potatoes
- Onions don't like beans or peas
- Peas don't like onions or potatoes
- Potatoes don't like cucumber, sunflowers, or tomatoes
- Tomatoes don't like cabbage, fennel or potatoes
- Turnips don't like potatoes
Now on to the plants that play well together:
Plant | Companion(s) and Effects |
Asparagus | Tomatoes, parsley, basil |
Basil | Tomatoes (improves growth & flavor); said to dislike rue; repels flies & mosquitoes |
Bean | Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage, summer savory, most other veggies & herbs |
Bean (bush) | Sunflowers (beans like partial shade, unless you live up north, sunflowers attract birds & bees for pollination), cucumbers (combination of heavy and light feeders), potatoes, corn, celery, summer savory |
Bee Balm | Tomatoes (improves growth & flavor). |
Beet | Onions, kohlrabi |
Borage | Tomatoes (attracts bees, deters tomato worm, improves growth & flavor), squash, strawberries |
Cabbage Family (broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi) | 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 & 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 bugs) |
Dill | Cabbage (improves growth & health), carrots |
Eggplant | Beans |
Fennel | Most plants are supposed to dislike it. |
Flax | Carrots, potatoes |
Garlic | Roses & raspberries (deters Japanese beetle); with herbs to enhance their production of essential oils; plant liberally throughout garden to deter pests |
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 the garden |
Marigold | The workhorse of pest deterrents; keeps soil free of nematodes; discourages many insects; plant freely throughout the garden. |
Marjoram | Here and there in the garden |
Mint | Cabbage family; tomatoes; deters cabbage moth |
Nasturtium | Tomatoes, radish, cabbage, cucumbers; plant under fruit trees; deters aphids & pests of curcurbits |
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 |
Potato | Horseradish, beans, corn, cabbage, marigold, limas, eggplant (as a trap crop for potato beetle) |
Pot Marigold | Helps tomato, but plant throughout garden as deterrent to asparagus beetle, tomato worm & 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 & carrot fly |
Rue | Roses & raspberries; deters Japanese beetle; keep away from basil |
Sage | Rosemary, carrots, cabbage, peas, beans; deters some insects |
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 | Cucumber |
Tansy | Plant under fruit trees; deters pests of roses & 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 |
Valerian | Good anywhere in 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 |
I hope you found this helpful in planning your garden and I would love to know what your garden plans entail!
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