Companions in the garden

Asparagus: parsley and tomato--avoid with onion
Bean: anything but onion
Beet: cabbage, kohlrabi--avoid with runner bean
Broccoli: bean, celery, dill--avoid with lettuce, strawberry, tomato
Brussels sprouts: hyssop, mint sage, rosemary--avoid strawberry
Cabbage: bean, beet, celery, dill--avoid grape, strawberry , tomato
Carrot: bean, leek, onion, pea--avoid dill
Cauliflower: bean, beet, celery, mint--avoid strawberry, tomato
Celery: bean, cabbage, leek, onion, tomato
Corn: morning glory, bean, lupine, melon, pea, squash
Cucumber: bean, broccoli, celery, radish, pea, lettuce--avoid rue and sage
Eggplant: pea, tarragon, thyme
Horseradish: potato
Kohlrabi: beet, onion--avoid with beans and peppers
Leek: carrot, celery--avoid broad bean, broccoli
Lettuce: beet, cabbage, pea, radish, strawberry
Melon: corn, peanut, sunflower
Onion: beet, cabbage, carrot, lettuce, strawberry--avoid peas and beans
African Marigold (tagetes erecta) reduces nematodes
Anise (Pimpinella anisum)     deters aphids, fleas, cabbage worms
Basil (Ocimum basilicum) variety of pests
Bean (Phaseolus)  reduces corn armyworms
Borage (Borage officinalis) Japanese beetles, tomato hornworms
Broccoli (Brassica oleacea) reduces striped cucumber beetles
Carrot (Daucus carota)  deters onion flies
Catnip (Nepeta cataria)  deters ants, aphids and many more
Celery (Apium graveolens) deters cabbage butterflies
Chive (Allium schoenoprassum) black spot on roses, fruit tree insect
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) deters Colorado beetles
Corn (Zea mays) reduces striped cucumber beetle
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) repels Colorado beetles
Dill (Anthum graveolens) repels aphids and spider mites
Eucalyptus    in general an insect repellent
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)deters aphids
French Marigold (Tagetes patula) deters Mexican bean beetles;nematodes.
Garlic (Allium sativum) Japanese beetle; in general an insect repellent
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) repels flea beetles, insect larvae
Lavender Cotton (Santolina charmaecyparissus) deters corn wireworms,
southern root worm
Leek  (Allium ampeloprasum)    deters carrot flies
Marigold (Tagetes)         deters nematodes, cabbage pests
Milkweed (Asclepias)    deters aphids/ attracts butterflies
Mustard (Brassica nigra)        reduces aphids
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)     A trap crop for aphids
Onion  (Allium cepa)      deters Colorado beetles, carrot fly
Petunia            squash and potato bug; bean beetle
Pot Marigold  (Calendula officinalis) asparagus beetle, tomato hornworm.
Potato  (Solanum tuberosum)  deters Mexican bean beetles,
Radish (Raphanus sativus)  cucumber beetle, root fly, many others.
Rue  (Ruta graveolens)     deters beetles and fleas
Rosemary  (Rosemarinus officinalis) bean beetle, cabbage moth andothers.
Sage  (Salvia officinalis) cabbage worm, cabbage moth, root maggot.
Savory  (Satureja)  deters Mexican bean beetles
Southernwood  (Artemesia abrotanum) deters cabbage moth, carrot flies
Soybean  ((Glycine max) deters corn earworm, corn borers
Tansy  (Tanecetum vulgare)ants, aphids, beetles, cabbage worm.
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)  cabbage pests and whitefly
Tomato  (Lycoperiscon lycoperiscum) loppers, flea beetles, white fly on cabbage
Wormwood (Artemisia) rodents, slug, snail and many more.



