Companion Planting Guide


Basil
  • Plant near: most garden crops
  • Keep away from: rue
  • Comments: improves the flavor and growth of garden crops, especially tomatoes and lettuce. Repels mosquitoes.
Beans, Bush
  • Plant near: beets, cabbage, carrots, catnip, cauliflower, corn, cucumbers, marigolds, potatoes, savory, strawberries
  • Keep away from: fennel, garlic, leeks, onions, shallots
  • Comments: potatoes and marigolds repel Mexican bean beetles. Catnip repels flea beetles.
Beans, Pole
  • Plant near: corn, marigolds, potatoes, radishes
  • Keep away from: beets, garlic, kohlrabi, leeks, onions, shallots
  • Comments: potatoes and marigolds repel Mexican bean beetles. Catnip repels flea beetles.
Beets
  • Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, bush beans, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, kohlrabi, onions
  • Keep away from: charlock, field mustard, pole beans
Borage
  • Plant near: squash, strawberries, tomatoes
  • Keep away from:
  • Comments: repels tomato worms. Improves flavor and growth of companions.
Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts
  • Plant near: beets, buckwheat, calendula, carrots, chamomile, dill, hyssop, marigolds, mints, nasturtiums, onions, rosemary, sage, thyme, wormwood.
  • Keep away from: strawberries
  • Comments: marigolds repel cabbage moths. Nasturtiums repel aphids.
Cabbage and Cauliflower
  • Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, celery, chard, spinach, tomatoes.
  • Keep away from: strawberries
  • Comments: tomatoes and celery repel cabbage worms.
Cantaloupe
  • Plant near: corn
  • Keep away from:
  • Comments:
Carrots
  • Plant near: cabbage, chives, early potatoes, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, radishes, rosemary, sage, salsify, wormwood.
  • Keep away from:
  • Comments: onions, leeks, and wormwood repel carrot flies
Chives
  • Plant near: apples, berries, carrots, grapes, peas, roses, tomatoes.
  • Keep away from:
  • Comments: Improves flavor and growth of companions. Deters aphids and Japanese beetles.
Corn
  • Plant near: beans, cucumbers, early potatoes, melons, peas, pumpkins, soybeans, squash.
  • Keep away from:
  • Comments: soybeans deter chinch bugs.
Cucumbers
  • Plant near: beans, cabbage, corn, early potatoes, radishes, sunflowers.
  • Keep away from: late potatoes
  • Comments: Radishes deter cucumber beetles. Cucumbers encourage blight in late potatoes.
Dill
  • Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, lettuce, onions
  • Keep away from: carrots
  • Comments: Improves flavor and growth of cabbage family plants.
Epplant
  • Plant near: green beans, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes
  • Keep away from:
  • Comments: green beans deter Colorado potato beetles.
Garlic
  • Plant near: cabbage, cane fruits, fruit trees, roses, tomatoes
  • Keep away from: peas, beans
  • Comments: deters Japanese beetles and aphids. A garlic oil spray deters onion flies, aphids, and ermine moths. A garlic tea helps repel late potato blight.