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List of companion plants
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of companion plant relationships. Many more are in list of beneficial weeds.
The purpose of this list is to provide plants that assist in the growth of others, be it attracting beneficial insects, repelling harmful insects, providing nutrients or in some cases simply shade / support.
Contents
1 Vegetables
2 Herbs
3 Flowers
4 Other
5 Trees
5.1 Apple
5.2 Apricot
5.3 Walnut
6 References
7 See also
Vegetables
Vegetables
Common Repels /
scientific name Helps Helped by Attracts Avoid Comments
name Distracts
fruit trees,
nightshades slugs,
(tomatoes, peppers, aphids,
beans, peas, Alliums include onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives,
Alliums Allium potatoes, etc), carrots carrot fly,
parsley and others
brassicas (cabbage, cabbage
broccoli, kohlrabi, worms[1]
etc) carrots
Aster Family flowers,
Asparagus Dill ,Coriander, Tomatoes, Onion, Garlic,
Asparagus Tomatoes Marigolds will deter beetles.
officinalis Parsley, Basil, Comfrey, Potatoes
Marigolds
geraniums, dill, alliums mustards,
(onions, shallots, garlic, nightshades Brassicas are a family of species which include broccoli,
Brassicas Brassica
etc), rosemary, nasturtium, (tomatoes, cabbage, brussels sprouts, kholrabi, and cauliflower.
borage peppers, etc)
Corn (see Three
Tomatoes, chili
Sisters), Spinach,
peppers,
lettuce, rosemary,
sunflowers,
summer savory, dill, California Hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria, a good fertilizer for some
Beans, Phaseolus Eggplant, Summer savory alliums (onions,
carrots, brassicas, beetles plants, too much for others
garlic, etc), kales
beets, radish,
(cabbage,
strawberry and
broccoli, etc)
cucumbers
Good for adding minerals to the soil through composting
lettuce, kohlrabi, Runner or pole
Beets, Beta Vulgaris Catnip, Garlic, Mint leafs which have up to 25% magnesium. Runner or pole
onions and brassicas beans
beans and beets stunt each other's growth.
geraniums, dill, alliums, Rosemary repels cabbage fly, geraniums trap cabbage worms,
Brassica mustards,
Broccoli rosemary, nasturtium, same general companion profile as all brassica (cabbage,
oleracea Tomatoes, peppers
borage kolhrabi, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc)
mustards,
Rosemary repels cabbage flies, geraniums trap cabbage
Brassica geraniums, dill, alliums, Tomatoes, peppers
Cabbage worms, same general companion profile as all brassica
oleracea rosemary strawberries, and
(cabbage, kolhrabi, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc)
pole/runner beans
Tomatoes grow better with carrots, but may stunt the carrots'
growth. Beans (which are bad for tomatoes) provide the
nitrogen carrots need more than some other vegetables.
assassin bug,
Aromatic companion plants repel carrot fly. Sage, rosemary,
lacewing,
and radishes are recommended by some as companion
Tomatoes, Alliums alliums (leeks, shallots, parasitic wasp,
Dill, parsnip, plants, but listed by others as incompatible. alliums
Carrots Daucus carota (onions, chives, etc), etc), rosemary, wormwood, yellow jacket
radish interplanted with carrots confuse onion and carrot flies. For
lettuce sage, beans, flax and other
the beneficial insect-attracting properties of carrots to work,
predatory
they need to be allowed to flower; Otherwise, use the wild
wasps
carrot, Queen Anne's Lace, for the same effect. Flax
produces an oil that may protect root vegetables like carrots
from some pests.
corn, Aster
Apium Cosmos, Daisies, flowers, these can
Celery,
graveolens Snapdragons transmit the aster
yellows disease
Sunflowers, legumes
(beans, peas, soybeans etc),
peanuts, curcubits (squash,
Corn / provides beans with a trellis, is protected from predators and
Zea mays beans cucumbers, melons, etc), Tomato, Celery
Maize dryness by cucurbits, in the three sisters technique
amaranth, white geranium,
lamb's quarters, morning
glory, parsley, and potato
Nasturtiums, radishes,
Cucumis Beneficial for
Cucumber marigolds, sunflowers peas, Tomato, Sage
Sativus ground beetles
beets, carrots, and Dill
Common Repels /
scientific name Helps Helped by Attracts Avoid Comments
name Distracts
Solanum
Eggplant Beans, Peppers Marigolds, tarragon, mints Runner beans Marigolds will deter nematodes.
melongena
cabbage
Allium worms,
Legumes (beans, Same companion traits as all alliums (onions, garlic, shallots,
Leek ampeloprasum Celery, apple trees carrots aphids,
peas, etc) chives, etc)
v. porrum carrot fly,
others
Radish, Kohlrabi, beans, celery, cabbage, Mints (including hyssop, sage, and various "balms") repel
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
carrots cress, parsley slugs, a bane of lettuce and cabbages
Cabbage,
Brassicaceae, cauliflower, radish, various same general companion profile as all brassica (cabbage,
Mustard
Sinapis alba brussels sprouts, pests kolhrabi, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc)
turnips
beans, black
walnuts, corn,
Nightshade plants include tomatoes, tobacco, chili
carrots, alliums, mints fennel, dill,
Nightshades Solanaceae peppers (including bell peppers), potatoes, eggplant, and
(basil, oregano, etc) brassica (broccoli,
others
cabbage,
cauliflower, etc)
Common Repels /
scientific name Helps Helped by Attracts Avoid Comments
name Distracts
Pepper plants like high humidity, which can be helped along
by planting with some kind of dense-leaf or ground-cover
beans, kale
Solanaceae, themselves, tomatoes, geraniums, companion, like majoram and basil; they also need direct
Peppers (cabbage, brussels
Capsicum marjoram petunias sunlight, but their fruit can be harmed by it...pepper plants
sprouts, etc)
grown together, or with tomatoes, can shelter the fruit from
sunlight, and raises the humidity level.
Tomatoes, Kales aphids,
beans, peas, Same companion traits as all other alliums (chives, garlic,
Onion Allium cepa (broccoli, cabbage, Carrots carrot fly,
parsley, leeks shallots, leeks, etc)
etc) other pests
Sunflower,
Solanum
Potato Horseradish Tomato, horseradish increases the disease resistance of potatoes
tuberosum
Cucumber
Spiders,
Pumpkin Buckwheat, catnip, tansy, Flea Beetles are warded off by radishes, Curcurbita can be
Curcurbita spp corn, beans Ground
Squash radishes used in the three sisters technique
Beetles
Spinacia
Spinach Peas, Beans The peas and beans provide natural shade for the spinach
oleracea
Black walnut,
basil, oregano, parsley, corn, fennel, peas,
Black walnuts inhibit tomato growth, in fact they are
carrots, marigold, Alliums, dill, potatoes,
Solanum roses, peppers, asparagus allelopathic to all other nightshade plants (chili pepper,
Tomatoes celery, Geraniums, beetroot, kales
lycopersicum asparagus beetle potato, tobacco, petunia) as well, because it produces a
Petunias, Nasturtium, (kohlrabi,
chemical called juglone.
Borage cabbage, etc),
rosemary
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Herbs
Herbs
Common name scientific name Helps Helped by Attracts Repels / Distracts Avoid Comments
is said to make tomatoes taste better,
tomato, peppers, oregano, chamomile, asparagus beetle, mosquitoes chamomile and anise are supposed to
Basil Ocimum basilicum butterflies common rue, sage
asparagus, petunias anise and flies increase the essential oils in many
herbs like basil
Almost everything,
especially strawberry, Predatory insects, Borage is the magic bullet of
Borage Borago officinalis many pests
cucurbits (cucumber, honeybees companion plants
gourds), tomatoes
Parasitic wasps, parasitic
Caraway Carum carvi Strawberries
flies
Growing near herbs
Matricaria Basil, Wheat, Onion,
Chamomile Hoverflies, wasps will increase their
recutita Cabbage, Cucumber
oil production.
loves shade, fortunately it grows well
Anthriscus with shade-tolerant food plants; will
Chervil Radish, lettuce, broccoli aphids
cerefolium make radishes grown near it taste
spicier
Cilantro / Coriandrum
spinach beans, peas tachinid fly aphids
Coriander sativum
Apples, carrots,
Same companion traits as all alliums
tomatoes, brassica
Allium cabbage worms, carrot fly, (onions, garlic, shallots, leeks, etc)
chives (broccoli, cabbage, carrots beans, peas
schoenoprasum aphids said to prevent apple scab after 3
mustard, etc), many
years planting at base of apple trees
others
Common name scientific name Helps Helped by Attracts Repels / Distracts Avoid Comments
Hoverflies, Wasps,
Anethum Cabbages, Corn, Lettuce, Tomato Horn Worms, Aphids, spider mites, squash one of the few plants said to grow
Dill carrots, tomatoes
graveolens Onions, Cucumbers honeybees, Ichneumonid bugs, cabbage looper with fennel
Wasps
Fennel is allelopathic to most garden
Foeniculum ladybugs, syrphid fly,
Fennel Dill Dill aphids Almost everything plants, inhibiting growth, causing to
vulgare tachinid fly
bolt, or actually killing many plants
Apple trees, Pear trees, Deters rabbits, same companion
Aphids, cabbage looper, ants,
Garlic Allium sativum Roses, Cucumbers, Peas, traits as all alliums (onions, chives,
rabbits, cabbage maggot
Lettuce, Celery shallots, leeks, etc)
Brassica (cabbage,
Cannabis sativa L. Repels many types of beetles which
Hemp brussels sprouts, other
subsp. sativa attack cabbages.
kales)
Hyssopus Cabbage moth larvae, Cabbage
Hyssop Cabbage, grapes honeybees, butterflies Stimulates growth of grapes.
officinalis Butterflies
Is thought to improve the health of
Levisticum Ichneumonid Wasps, almost all plants, like borage and
Lovage Almost all plants beans rhubarb
officinale ground beetles (good) geraniums, is considered a "magic
bullet" of companion planting
provides ground cover and much-
Tomatoes, peppers, many
Oregano Origanum vulgare basil aphids needed humidity for pepper plants if
other plants
allowed to spread among them
Common name scientific name Helps Helped by Attracts Repels / Distracts Avoid Comments
Brassica (cabbage, Repels cabbage flies, has same
cabbage fly, ants, cabbage
Peppermint Mentha piperita kholrabi, broccoli, and general companion properties as
looper
the other kales) other mints
Rosmarinus sage, cabbage, beans, Deters cabbage flies, repels many
Rosemary bean beetle
officinalis carrots bean parasites
cabbage flies, carrot fly, black
rosemary, cabbage, honeybees, cabbage Deters cabbage flies, repels many
Sage Salvia officinalis flea beetle, cabbage looper,
beans, carrots butterfly bean parasites
cabbage maggot
Artemisia Controls cabbage moths and malaria
Southernwood Fruit trees
abrotanum mosquitoes.
Controls ants and aphids, has same
Spearmint Mentha spicata ants, aphids general companion properties as
other mints.
Summer also delays germination of certain
Satureja hortensis Green beans, onions,
Savoury foul herbs
flying insects(Ichneumonid Is reputed to generally repel insects
beans, cucurbits
Wasps), Japanese beetles, (except for nectar-eating types). This
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare (cucumbers, squash, etc), honeybees
striped cucumber beetles, herb should not be consumed, as it is
corn, roses
squash bugs and ants quite toxic.
Flowers
Flowers
Common Helped
Latin Name Helps Attracts Repels / Distracts Avoid Comments
Name by
A trap crop, attracting pests away from roses and grape vines, distracts
Pelargonium Roses, tomatoes, peppers, leafhoppers,
Geraniums beet leafhoppers, carrier of the curly top virus, away from Solanaceous
spp. grapes Japanese beetles
plants like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and tobacco
Marigolds are a wonder-drug of the companion plant world, invoking the
most plants, especially saying "plant them everywhere in your garden". French marigolds
Asteraceae tomatoes and peppers, nematodes, beet produce a pesticidal chemical from their roots, so strong it lasts years
Marigold Calendula cucurbits (cucumbers, leaf hoppers, other after they are gone. Mexican marigolds do the same, but are so strong
officinalis gourds, squash), brassicas pests they will inhibit the growth of some more tender herbs. Certain Varieties
(broccoli, kale, cabbage) of marigolds (Tagetes) can help manage eelworms (Root-knot nematode)
when planted the year before[1].
leafhoppers,
cucurbits (squash,
Petunia x Japanese beetles,
Petunia pumpkins, cucumbers), Is a trap crop almost identical to geraniums in function
hybrida aphids, asparagus
asparagus
beetle
Many plants, especially
cucurbits (melons, aphids, cabbage
Tropaeolum cucumbers, gourds), beans, predatory looper, squash bug, radish, Both works as a trap crop for aphids, and studies say is among the best at
Nasturtium
majus tomatoes, apple trees, insects white fly, cauliflower attracting predatory insects
brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, cucumber beetles
etc), radish
Was grown as a companion for sunflowers before modern Europeans
Helianthus
Sunflower corn, tomatoes aphids arrived in the Americas, supposedly increases their production, ants herd
annuus
aphids onto sunflowers, keeping them off neighboring plants
sugar ants,
cucurbits (cucumbers,
Tanacetum Japanese beetles,
Tansy squash, etc), raspberries and Toxic to many animals, don't plant it where livestock browse
vulgare cucumber beetles,
relatives, roses, corn
squash bugs, mice
predatory
Achillea wasps, ladybugs, May increase the essential oil production of some herbs. Also improves
Yarrow many plants
millefolium hoverflies, soil quality, use the leaves to enrich compost, or as mulch.
damselbugs
Other
Other
Common Helped Repels /
Latin Name Helps Attracts Avoid Comments
Name by Distracts
Medicago assassin bug, big-eyed bug, Used by farmers to reduce cotton pests, a good crop to improve soil; fixes nitrogen like
Alfalfa Cotton Lygus bugs
sativa Ladybug, parastic wasps beans do. Also breaks up hardpan and other tough soil.
Trees
Apple
APPLE TREES
Common Name Latin Name Helps Helped by Attracts Repels / Distracts Avoid Comments
Apple Malus domestica Clover, Chive, Garlic, Leek, Nasturtium, Southernwood
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