Companion Planting Guide - Jeremiah Ridge, Chilton County, Alabama
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COMPANION PLANTING CHART Name Helps Helped By Attracts Repels Avoid Comments
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis
Tomatoes
Dill, lettuce, tomato, basil, parsley, rosemary, geraniums
Onion, garlic, chives, leeks, potatoes
Marigolds can help deter the beetles
Artichokes Cynara scolymus
Cucumber Sunflowers, tarragon
Basil Ocimum basilicum
Asparagus, pepper, oregano, petunia, tomato
Anise and chamomile
Butterflies Asparagus beetle, flies and mosquitos
Sage, rosemary, rue
Basil will kill your rosemary Will improve the taste of your tomatoes
Beans, runner Phaseolus coccineus
Beets, carrots, corn, cucumber, dill, lettuce, spinach, radish, rosemary, strawberry, summer savory
Eggplant Summer savory, rhubarb
California beetle
Cabbage, broccoli, chives, kale, onion, garlic, tomato, pepper, sunflowers, beets, kohlrabi
Beans host a nitrogen‐fixing bacteria that is great for some plants and not so for others
Beans, Bush Phaseolus vulgaris
Corn, eggplant, cucumber, strawberry, celery, onion
Rosemary, rhubarb
California beetle
Tomato, chili peppers, sunflowers, onion, chives, shallots
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Beans, Lima Phaseolus lunatus
Oregano, chickweed
Tomato, chili peppers, sunflowers, onion, chives, shallots
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Beets Beta Vulgaris
Onion, kohlrabi, lettuce, spinach, silver beet
Catnip, garlic, mint
Runner/pole beans
Beans and beets stunt each other's growth. Compost beet leaves to add magnesium to your soil
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Name Helps Helped By Attracts Repels Avoid Comments
Borage Borago officinalis
Strawberry, cucumber, tomato, potato
Honey bees and predatory insects
Tomato worm and many other pests
Borage is called the “magic bullet” of companion plants Adds potassium, calcium to soil
Broccoli Brassica oleracea
Celery, onion, leeks, sage, rosemary, dill, peppermint
Geranium, dill, onion, chives, rosemary, nasturtium, borage, celery, pennyroyal
Mustard, tomato, peppermint
Rosemary & geraniums good for all brassicas. Rosemary repels cabbage fly & geraniums traps cabbage worm Pennyroyal repels ants and plant lice
Brussel Sprouts Brassica oleracea
Thyme, sage, rosemary, potato
Pennyroyal Pennyroyal repels ants and plant lice
Cabbage Brassica oleracea
Celery, onion, potato
Celery, geranium, dill, onion, chives, rosemary, thyme, chamomile, pennyroyal
Strawberry, eggplant
Celery improves growth &health, chamomile improves flavor; pennyroyal repels ants and cabbage maggots
Carraway Carum carvi
Strawberry
Parasitic flies and wasps
Dill, fennel
Carrots Daucus carota
Tomatoes, chives, onion, shallot, lettuce
Shallot, leeks, rosemary, sage, beans, chives
Assassin bug, parasitic wasp, yellow jacket
Dill, parsnip, radish, dill
Tomato can stunt their growth. Chives improve flavor
Cauliflower Brassica oleracea
Onions, leeks
Sage
Tomato, peppers
Celery Apium graveolens
Cosmos, daisies, snapdragons, cabbage, leeks, beans
Corn, Irish potato and any aster flower
Asters can transmit the aster yellows disease
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Name Helps Helped By Attracts Repels Avoid Comments
Chamomile Matricaria recutita
Basil, onion, cabbage, cucumber
Hoverflies and wasps
Only plant one every 150 feet Growing near other herbs will increase their oil production
Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium
Radish, lettuce, broccoli
Aphids
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Fruit trees, tomato, pepper, potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, carrot
Carrots Slugs, aphids, cabbage worm, carrot fly
Beans, parsley, peas
Cilantro/ Coriander Coriandrum sativum
Spinach, potatoes, dill
Beans and peas
Tachninid fly Aphids, spider mites, potato beetle
Leaves of this plant are cilantro & when left to seed are called coriander
Collards Brassica oleracea Acephala
Basil, bean, cucumber, dill, garlic, onion
Marigold, nasturtium
Grapes, rue, tansy
Corn Zea mays
Beans Beans, peas, potato, cucumbers, squash, melons, parsley
Tomato, celery
Squash, cucumber & melons can protect from dryness. Can provide a trellis for beans
Cucumber Cucumis Sativus
Radish, lettuce, beans, peas, artichokes
Chamomile, nasturtium, radish, marigold, sunflowers
Sage, strong herbs, potato
Radish deters cucumber beetles
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Name Helps Helped By Attracts Repels Avoid Comments
Dill Anethum graveolens
Cabbage, lettuce
Tomato horn worm
Aphids, spider mites, hoverflies
Carrots, caraway, lavender, tomatoes
Blossoms attract honey bees; swallowtail butterflies love to feed on dill
Eggplant/ Aubergine Solanum melongena
Beans, peppers, lettuce, spinach
Green beans, marigold, tarragon, thyme
Fennel
Beans help protect from Colorado potato beetle
Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Dill Ladybugs, tachninid flies
fleas Not very friendly with most plants & can actually kill some
Garlic Allium sativum
Roses, raspberries, peas, celery, lettuce, peach & apple trees
Japanese beetle, aphids, peach borers, snails, root maggots
Hyssop Hyssopus officinalis
Cabbage, grapes
Cabbage moths, flea beetle
Radish Said to be #1 preference for bees
Kale Brassica oleracea Acephala
Bush bean, beet, celery, cucumber lettuce, onion, potato
Nasturtiums Grapes, rue
Kohlrabi Brassica oleracea Gongylodes
Beets, onion, oregano, mint, sage, thyme
Beets
Beans, beet, strawberry, tomato
Leek Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
Fruit trees, tomato, pepper, potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, carrot, celery
Carrots
Cabbage worms, carrot fly, aphids
Beans, parsley, peas
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Name Helps Helped By Attracts Repels Avoid Comments
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Beets, strawberry, radish, corn, strawberry, onion
Radish, kohlrabi, beans, carrots, mint, hyssop, sage
Celery, cabbage, cress, parsley
Hyssop, sage, mint repel slugs
Lovage Levisticum officinale
Improves flavor and health of most plants
Similar to celery in flavor
Melons Cucumis melo
Corn, radish, sunflowers, squash
Marigold, nasturtium, oregano
Potatoes
Mint Mentha
Cabbage, tomato
White cabbage moths, ants, rodents, flea beetles, fleas, aphids
MANY different mint varieties. Highly invasive – plant in pots. Earthworms are very attracted to mint
Mustard Brassicaceae Sinapis alba
Cabbage, cauliflower, radish, Brussels sprouts, turnips
Okra Hibiscus esculentus OR Abelmoshchus esculentus
Lettuce, black eye peas, cucumber, onion
Basil, peppers, eggplants,
One of the most heat and drought tolerant vegetables in the world
Onion Allium cepa
Fruit trees, tomato, pepper, potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, carrot, beets
Carrots, chamomile, summer savory
Slugs, aphids, cabbage worm, carrot fly
Beans, parsley, peas, asparagus
Chamomile and summer savory improves the flavor
Oregano Origanum vulgare
Cabbage, cucumber, tomatoes, peppers
Basil
Aphids
Repels cabbage butterflies
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Name Helps Helped By Attracts Repels Avoid Comments
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Tomato, asparagus, carrot, peppermint
Mint, lettuce
Parsnip Pastinaca sativa
Shallots, chives, lettuce, fruit trees
Predatory insects
Parsnip flowers need to be allowed to go to seed to attract insects
Peas Pisum sativum
Cucumber radish, corn, turnips, carrots, beans
Onion, chives, leek, shallot, garlic
Pepper, chili Capsicum annuum
Cucumber, tomato, squash, lettuce, sweet pepper, okra, marjoram
Basil, okra, oregano, parsley, tomato, geranium, petunia
Root rot and fusarium diseases
Beans, broccoli, cabbage cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, fennel
Pepper, sweet Capsicum annuum
Basil, tomato, rhubarb, silver beet, parsley, spinach, chili pepper
Basil, oregano, parsley, rosemary, onion, okra, geranium, carrots
Fennel, kohlrabi, apricot trees
Peppermint Mentha x piperita
Cabbage, tomato, kohlrabi, broccoli, kale, roses
Bees Cabbage moth, aphids, flea beetles
Chamomile, parsley
Dark green leaves with reddish veins. Fresh or dried peppermint cuttings are effective where mice are a problem
Pumpkin Curcurbita
Corn, lovage, marjoram
Nasturtium, marigold, radish
Spiders, ground beetles
Potato
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Name Helps Helped By Attracts Repels Avoid Comments
Potato Solarnum tuberosum
Tomato, peas, cucumber, sunflower, green beans
Marigold, horseradish
Sunflower, tomato, cucumber, pumpkin
Radish Rhaphanus sativus
Beans, peas, carrot, cucumber, lettuce, melons, squash
Nasturtium
Hyssop, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, potato, cabbage
Rhubarb Rheum rhabarbbarum
Garlic, onion, beans
Cabbage, broccoli
Make a spray from boiled rhubarb leaves to prevent blackspot on roses
Rosemary Rosemarinus officinalis
Sage, beans, cabbage, carrot
Cabbage moths, bean beetles, carrot flies
Sage Salvia officinalis
Rosemary, cabbage, carrot, beans
Honeybees, cabbage butterfly
Cabbage fly and looper, black flea beetle, cabbage maggot
Also repels many bean parasites and ticks
Shallot Allium oschaninii
Carrots, beets, mint, sage, thyme
Slugs, aphids, carrot fly, cabbage worms
Beans, peas, parsley
Silver Beet Beta vulgaris var. cicla
Parsnip, beets, onion, fruit trees, marjoram
Basil
Spearmint Mentha spicata
Tomatoes, cabbage, roses
Ants, aphids Chamomile, parsley
Most likely the plant you buy just labeled “mint”. Has sharp, pointed, toothed
leaves.
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
Strawberry, celery, eggplant, cauliflower
Peas, beans Peas and beans provide a natural shade for spinach
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Name Helps Helped By Attracts Repels Avoid Comments
Strawberry Fragaria ananassa
Borage, lettuce, silver beet, bush beans, spinach, onion
Marigold, thyme
Cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower
Thyme deters worms in strawberry beds
Summer Savory Satureja hortensis
Sweet potato
Beans, onions
Honey bees love the flowers
Bean beetles, cabbage moths, sweet potato weevil, black aphids
Sweet Potato Ipomoea batatas
Dill, thyme, oregano, beets, parsnips
Summer savory
Squash
Tarragon Artemisia dracunculus
Artichokes, eggplant
Enhances the growth and flavor of most vegetables
Thyme Thymus vulgaris
Cabbage, onion, sage, eggplant
Cabbage worm
Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
Asparagus, peppers, basil, celery, onion, mint, roses
Marigolds, basil, borage, onion, chives, shallot, nasturtium
Asparagus beetle
Corn, dill, fennel, beets, kohlrabi, potato, cabbage, rosemary
Borage repels tomato worms Dill attracts tomato hornworms
Turnip Brassica rapa
Peas, beans, chives
Onion
Potato, radish, root vegetables
Watermelon Citrullus lanatus
Corn, pumpkin
Nasturtium, radish
Potato
Zucchini Courgette Cucubuta pepo
Tomato, corn, spinach, squash, silver beet, squash
Marjoram, nasturtium, parsley
Potato
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