Companion Planting in the Vegetable Garden

Plants interact with each other, and behave a lot like us: some get along, some don’t. The following list is of plants that get along with each other or offer some benefit to another such as enhancing fertility or handicapping pests or diseases.

Plant beans (string and French) with celery, cucumber, zucchini, melons, pumpkins, squashes, potatoes, strawberries, and corn

Plant beets and chard with most beans, any from the cabbage family, allium family (garlic, onion, shallot, chives, leeks, scallion), parsnips, and turnips

Plant the cabbage family (broccoli, cauliflower, white and red cabbage) with beet and chards, allium family, celery, dill, nasturtiums, peas, and potatoes

Plant carrots with the allium family, lettuce, peas and tomatoes

Plant celery and celeriac with cabbage family, beans, leeks and tomatoes

Plant cucumber–zucchini–melons–pumpkins–squashes with French and string beans and corn

Plant leeks with carrots, celery and onions

Plant lettuce with carrots, cucumber, zucchini, melons, pumpkins, squashes, radish, strawberries and chervil

Plant alliums(onions family) with beet and chards, lettuce, strawberry, and tomatoes

Plant peas with beans, carrots, cucumber, zucchini, melons, pumpkins, squashes, corn, turnips and potatoes

Plant potatoes with peas, beans, cabbage family, asparagus, and corn

Plant corn with beans (string, French and broad), peas, cabbage family, cucumber, zucchini, melons, pumpkins, squashes, potatoes and sunflowers

Plant sweet and chili peppers with basil

Plant sunflowers with cucumbers, zucchini, melons, pumpkins, squashes and nasturtiums

Plant tomatoes with asparagus, basil, carrots, cabbage family, allium family and parsley

Plant turnips with peas

Excerpted from Companion Planting by Bob Flowerdew