Lovage
Oregano repels cucumber beetles, squash bugs, worms, caterpillars, and beetles.
Parsley and asparagus mutually benefit their growth, and parsley repels asparagus beetles.
Petunias, spinach, and strawberries enhance growing conditions.
Tomato plants produce saponins, which repel many insects.
Potatoes and carrots remove nutrients required by
asparagus.
Bell peppers and basil improve each other’s flavor. Basil repels spider mites, flies, and mosquitoes.
Protects carrots from carrot flies.
Chives grow well with basil.
Dill grows well in the same pot as basil.
Garlic repels whiteflies, aphids, and spider mites.
Marigolds repel Japanese beetles, nematodes, slugs, and aphids. They also improve the flavor of basil.
Parsley grows well with basil.
Potatoes grow better near basil.
Tarragon has similar growing conditions.
Basil and tomatoes are a classic pair. Tomatoes have the same growing conditions.
Basil protects tomatoes from thrips, whiteflies, and tomato hornworms.
Basil improves the flavor of tomatoes.
Mints have different growing conditions and their root systems can interfere with basil.
Rosemary, sage, and thyme compete with basil for nutrients.
Rue can stunt basil’s growth and make basil taste bitter.
Parsley, thyme, sage, and rosemary grow well near bay laurel.
Put bay leaves in containers of grains and beans to repel moths and weevils.
Mix powdered dry bay leaves, peppermint, cayenne pepper, and tansy. Spread this mix around the garden as an organic pesticide.
Beans provide nitrogen for carrots, eggplants, cucumbers, and potatoes.
Ginger repels pests.
Lovage repels pests.
Nasturtiums act as a trap plant for aphids.
Oregano repels pests.
Parsley attracts beneficial insects that eat cutworms.
Peas have similar growing conditions.
Potatoes repel bean beetles.
Rhubarb protects from aphids, and beans provide nitrogen.
Rosemary repels cabbage loppers, cabbage worms, bean beetles, and carrot flies.
Summer savory repels bean beetles and improves the flavor of beans.
Sunflowers provide shade, and pole beans can climb on them.
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Turmeric receives shade and nitrogen.
Corn, pole beans, and squash are the “three sisters” and enhance each other’s growth. The squash also conserves soil moisture.
Cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, mustard greens, kale, kohlrabi, and rutabagas) feed on similar nutrients.
Beans inhibit eggplant growth.
Sorrel will have too much shade from pole beans.
Catnip repels pests.
Cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, mustard greens, kale, kohlrabi, and rutabagas).
Chicory
Endive
Lettuce
Lovage
Members of the onion family (onions, garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots) protect against cutworms and borers.
Mints repel pests.
Fennel stunts growth.
Pole beans and beets can stunt each other’s growth.
Beans and peas provide nitrogen.
Chives improve the flavor and growth of carrots and repel aphids, mites, and flies.
Leeks repel many flying pests.
Lettuce
Members of the onion family (onions, garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots) in rows with carrots will fight rust flies and some nematodes.
Mints repel flea beetles, carrot flies, and onion flies.
Oregano repels pests.
Rosemary repels cabbage loppers, cabbage worms, bean beetles, and carrot flies.
Sage repels cabbage moths, beetles, black flea beetles, and carrot flies.
Tomatoes provide shade.
Dill can reduce the yield of carrots, attract carrot flies, and cross-pollinate.
Cilantro and dill tend to cross-pollinate with carrots.
Celery, parsnips, and turnips compete for the same nutrients.
Parsley. Carrot flies will affect both crops, they compete for nutrients, and they cross-pollinate.
Repels cabbage moths from cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, mustard greens, kale, kohlrabi, and rutabagas).
Nasturtiums repel pests.
Members of the onion family (onions, garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots) repel aphids.
Oregano repels pests.
Repels pests from tomatoes.
Turnips, carrots, parsley, and parsnips compete for the same nutrients as celery.
Doesn’t compete with cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, mustard greens, kale, kohlrabi, and rutabagas).
Members of the onion family (onions, garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots) repel pests.
Repels ants, aphids, and whiteflies.
Attracts honeybees and parasitic wasps.
Combine with cilantro and dill to repel pests.
Repels slugs from cole crops and others.
Anise enhances growth.
Attracts hoverflies. Their larvae eat aphids.
Beans and peas provide nitrogen.
Chervil repels pests.
Repels potato beetles and spider mites.
Tarragon has similar growing conditions.
Celery improves the flavor.
Chamomile repels a wide range of cole crop pests.
Chervil repels slugs.
Collard greens are a trap crop for aphids.
Dill repels pests and attracts ladybugs and lacewings that prey on aphids, spider mites, and cabbage pests.
Members of the onion family repel cabbage moths, cabbage worms, cabbage loopers, and diamondback moths. They also improve the flavor.
Lemon balm repels pests.
Lemongrass repels pests.
Lovage
Mints repel flea beetles, carrot flies, and onion flies.
Nasturtiums repel pests.
Oregano repels cucumber beetles, squash bugs, worms, caterpillars, and beetles.
Parsley attracts beneficial insects.
Rhubarb repels whiteflies and gives shade.
Rosemary, thyme, summer savory, and sage repel cabbage moths, flea beetles, cabbage maggots, and cabbage bagworms.
Corn will provide too much shade and steal nutrients.
Eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes can spread verticillium wilt.
Strawberries will attract aphids and slugs.
Dill attracts predatory wasps that prey on cabbage worms.
Garlic repels pests and improves the flavor.
Members of the onion family (onions, garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots) use different nutrients so they won’t compete.
Mints enhance the flavor.
Potatoes use different nutrients, so they aren’t competitive.
Rosemary repels cabbage moths.
Thyme will repel cabbage moths.
Collards are in the same family as cole crops, and they will compete for the same resources.
Eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes can spread verticillium wilt.
Melons provide too much shade.
Strawberries will attract aphids and slugs.
Tomatoes will attract aphids.
Cucumbers
Dill repels pests and attracts pollinators.
Melons
Parsley will repel pests and attract beneficial insects.
Peanuts interplanted with corn enhances the yield of both crops.
Peas
Spinach grows well in the shade of corn.
Sunflowers
Corn, pole beans, and squash are the “three sisters” and enhance each other’s growth. The squash also conserves soil moisture.
Tomatoes with corn will attract tomato fruit worms (corn earworms).
Eggplants will compete with corn for nutrients and receive too much shade from corn.
Peanuts will get too much shade from corn.
Sorrel will have too much shade from corn.
Turmeric doesn’t produce well near corn.
Beets
Corn
Dill repels pests and attracts ladybugs and lacewings to prey on aphids and spider mites. It also attracts wasps that prey on cucumber beetles.
Lemongrass repels pests.
Lettuce
Lovage
Members of the onion family (onions, garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots).
Oregano repels cucumber beetles, squash bugs, worms, caterpillars, and beetles.
Peas
Radishes or nasturtiums will repel cucumber beetles.
Sunflowers
Tansy and borage repel pests and attract beneficial insects.
Melons
Potatoes
Rosemary has different growing conditions.
Sage will stunt the growth of cucumbers and cause a bad taste.
Summer or winter savory.
Attracts pollinators.
Basil, lemon balm, lemon thyme, and chives grow well with dill.
Members of the onion family (onions, garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots). Dill enhances their flavor and keeps out Japanese beetles and aphids. The onion family also repels pests from dill.
Dill will attract carrot flies to carrots.
Dill inhibits the growth of eggplants, peppers, and potatoes.
Lemongrass repels pests.
Mint repels pests and improves the flavor.
Members of the onion family (onions, garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots) repel pests.
Oregano repels pests.
Tarragon improves the flavor and repels pests.
Thyme repels moths.
Turmeric receives shade and repels pests.
Corn provides too much shade.
Kohlrabi, pumpkins, tomatoes, and melons compete with eggplant for nutrients.
Attracts ladybugs, tachinid flies, hoverflies, syrphid flies, and parasitic wasps that prey on insect pests.
Strongly repels aphids and fleas.
Carrots
Protects cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, mustard greens, kale, kohlrabi, and rutabagas) from pests.
Eggplant
Lettuce
Peppers
Potatoes
Rue protects garlic and other alliums from onion flies and maggots.
Protects strawberries from spider mites.
Protects tarragon from spider mites.
Protects tomatoes from spider mites.
Stunts asparagus growth, and asparagus affects the flavor of garlic.
All beans and peas will have stunted growth near garlic.
Members of the onion family (onions,garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots) will attract pests to each other.
Garlic will stunt the growth ofparsleyand compete for resources.
Sagecan negatively affect the growth of garlic.
No proof is available that garlic affects the growth of strawberries.
Ginger protects other crops from insect pests.
Fruit and nut trees provide shade for ginger.
Peas and beans fix nitrogen in the soil for ginger.
Nasturtiums repel spider mites and aphids.
Compatible with members of its own family, turmeric, galangal, and cardamom.
The flowers attract pollinators.
Repels deer and rabbits.
Repels mosquitoes and flies.
Pairs with other perennial herbs to increase their pest protection.
Lemongrass repels pests from many plants because of linalool, citral, and geraniol oils.
Mints, cilantro, basil, ginger, and turmeric have similar growing conditions.
Repels rodents and co*ckroaches.
Repels mosquitoes and houseflies.
Chives repel pests.
Corn provides shade.
Lemongrass repels pests.
Lovage
Okra provides shade.
Members of the onion family (onions, garlic, ramps, chives, leeks, and shallots) repel pests.
Mints repel pests.
Oregano repels pests.
Peas
Pumpkins
Radishes
Scallions
Sorrel
Squash
Zinnias repel pests.
Parsley will cause lettuce to bolt early.
Also benefits growth of winter and summer squash, peas, asparagus, lettuce, beets, cole crops, onions, and cucumbers.
The flowers attract pollinators, tachinid flies, and parasitic wasps.
