Companion Planting Guide Melanie White, Healthkick

If you plant: These are good companions: These are not:

Asparagus Tomato, parsley, basil Potatoes

Basil Tomatoes (improves growth and flavour, repels flies and

mosquitoes), capsicum

Beans Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflowers, cabbage,

summer savoury, kohlrabi, lettuce, beetroot Onions, garlic, fennel

Beetroot Kohlrabi, dwarf beans, onions, chives

Tomatoes, runner/climbing

beans, lettuce, silverbeet,

cabbage, mustard

Borage Tomatoes (attracts bees, deters tomato worm, improves

growth and flavour), squash, strawberries

Broccoli and

cauliflowers

Aromatic plants, sage, dill (attracts wasps to control cabbage

moths), chamomile, beets, peppermint, rosemary, beans,

celery, onions, potatoes, celery

Strawberries, tomatoes,

oregano

Brussel sprouts Potatoes, sage, hyssop, thyme Strawberries, rosemary

Cabbages

Potatoes, celery, dill (attracts wasps to control cabbage

moths), chamomile (deters flies and mosquitoes), sage,

thyme, mint, pennyroyal, rosemary, lavender, beetroot,

onions

Garlic, strawberries

Red cabbages are foes of

tomatoes

Capsicums Basil

Carrots Peas, lettuce, chives, onions (onions repel carrot flies, and

carrots repel onion flies), leeks, tomatoes

Dill in flower, parsnips, chives,

sage, rosemary, radishes

Celery and

celeriac Chives, leeks, tomatoes, bush beans, cabbage, brassicas Parsnips, potatoes, wheat

Chervil Radishes (improves growth and flavour)

Corn

Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, pumpkin, squash (acts

as a trellis for climbing peas and beans, which in turn attract

predators of corn pests), melons, potatoes, parsnips,

artichokes

Cucumbers Beans, corn, peas, radishes, sunflowers, celery, carrots Potatoes, sage, cauliflower,

basil

Dill Cabbage (improves growth and health), carrots, brassicas

Eggplant Beans, potato, marjoram

Fruit trees

Chives (discourage insects from climbing fruit tree trunk,

prevents apple scab on apple trees, deters aphids and black

spot on vegetables and roses), horseradish

Garlic Roses, raspberries, herbs (enhances production of essential

oils, repels cabbage butterflies) Peas and beans

Horseradish Potatoes (horseradish deters potato beetle), fruit trees

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If you plant: These are good companions: These are not:

Hyssop Cabbage (deters cabbage moths), grapes Radishes

Kohlrabi Beetroot, onions, dwarf beans Tomatoes, cucumbers

Leeks Onions, celery, celeriac, carrot, strawberries

Lettuce Strawberries, cabbage, carrots, onions Parsley, beans, beetroot,

parsnip

Marigold Keeps soil nematode-free, discourages many insects, repels

white flies from tomatoes

Melon Radish

Mint Cabbage family (deters cabbage moths), tomatoes

Nasturtium Deters aphids and pests of cucumber family

Onions

Beetroot, strawberries, tomato, lettuce (protects against

slugs), beans (protects against ants), summer savoury,

chamomile (deters flies and mosquitoes), cabbage

Potatoes, beans, peas,

parsnip, parsley, leeks

Parsley Tomato, asparagus (improves growth)

Peas Squash (follow up the pea trellis), almost any vegetables

(captures soil nitrogen)

Onions, garlic, potatoes,

shallots

Petunia Beans

Potatoes

Horseradish, beans, corn, cabbage, marigold, eggplant (trap

crop for potato beetle), sweet alyssum (attracts beneficial

wasps)

Pumpkins, squash,

cucumbers, dill, sunflowers,

tomatoes, raspberry

Pumpkins Corn, marjoram Potatoes

Radishes

Peas, spinach, nasturtium, lettuce, melons, cucumbers

(general insect repellent, and attracts leaf miners away from

spinach)

Hyssop, squash, peas

Rosemary Carrots, beans, cabbage, sage (deters cabbage moths, bean

beetles and carrot flies)

Sage Rosemary, carrots, cabbage, peas, beans (deters some

insects)

Spinach Strawberries, fruit trees, broad beans

Squash Nasturtium, corn

Strawberry Bush beans, spinach, borage, lettuce Cabbages

Sunflower Cucumber Potatoes

Tomatoes

Asparagus, chives, onion, lettuce, cabbage, parsley,

asparagus, marigold, nasturtium, carrots, lima beans, peas,

basil

Kohlrabi, potatoes, fennel, red

cabbages, beetroot, broccoli,

brussel sprouts, cauliflowers,

rosemary, dill, parsnip

Turnips Peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cucumbers

Zucchinis Corn, marjoram, nasturtium