Give Your Garden Plants the Friends They Like To Hang Out With For a Bountiful Harvest!

Companion plants harvested from the garden.

Companion Planting Guide - With a Twist

From: Country-Roads-Wisdom.com

Well now, listen up y'all! Here's a heap of suggestions to have a bountiful gardening season. Cause it really does make a difference if ya grow those veggies beside somebody they like. It's kinda like humans. When we're around people we like, we flourish! Put us with somebody we don't care for and it stunts our growth too.

Asparagus

For asparagus to really stretch its legs and grow tall and proud, y'all gotta plant it alongside some parsley, basil, nasturtiums, and marigolds. But steer clear of tucking it next to fennel (both the vegetable and the herb) or garlic.  Asparagus needs to be planted somewhere it's not gonna be disturbed since it grows back year after year.  

Basil

Now, if you want basil to dance a jig in your garden, you best plant it close to some peppers (any kind will do), tomatoes, sage, thyme, and oregano.

Beans

Beans? Well, they just love being around folks like broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, corn, cucumbers, peas, rosemary, strawberries, Swiss chard, tomatoes, thyme, and sage. But don't you dare plant those carrots near tomatoes, or they'll just sit there lookin' all stunted.

And hey, keep your beans away from chives, garlic, leeks, marigolds, onions, or peppers.

Beets

Now, if you're fixin' to grow some beets, you best plant 'em alongside onions, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kohlrabi, bush beans, and lettuce. But don't go planting beans and onions side by side, and keep those beets far away from pole beans and mustard greens.

Broccoli

Broccoli? Well, it's a friendly sort, likes to cozy up to beans, carrots, chives, cucumbers, dill, lettuce, nasturtium flowers, onions, rosemary, sage, spinach, Swiss chard, thyme, and oregano. But don't go mixin' it with peppers, squash, strawberries, or tomatoes.

Cabbage

Cabbage, bless its heart, it does best alongside onions, celery, rosemary, garlic, mint, dill, and thyme. But no plantin' cabbage with basil, beans, or tomatoes.

Carrots

Now, carrots are real sociable, they like being around beans, broccoli, cauliflower, chives, leeks, lettuce, onions, parsley, peas, peppers, rosemary, sage, and thyme. But whatever you do, keep those carrots away from tomatoes or dill.

Cauliflower

Cauliflower, well, it's a friendly sort too, likes the company of beans, carrots, chives, cucumbers, dill, lettuce, nasturtium, onion, rosemary, sage, thyme, spinach, Swiss chard, and oregano. But don't go plantin' beans with onions, dill with carrots, sage with cucumber, or chives with beans. And steer clear of plantin' cauliflower near peppers, squash, strawberries, or tomatoes.

Chives

Chives, now they're easy-goin', they'll mingle with broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, parsley, tomatoes, sage, and thyme. Just don't go plantin' carrots near tomatoes, and no chives with peas or beans.

Cilantro

Cilantro's a bit of a free spirit, likes to hang out near spinach, sage, and thyme, but it'll cozy up to radish, carrots, anise, and Swiss chard too. Just keep it away from fennel (both the herb and the vegetable).

Collards

Now, collards, they're like a fine Southern belle, they'll do just fine next to tomatoes.

Corn

Corn, bless its heart, it'll grow tall and proud near beans, cucumber, dill, melon, parsley, peas, radish, squash, sunflowers, sage, and thyme. But steer clear of plantin' tomatoes near corn.

Cucumbers

Cucumbers? They're just peachy near bush beans, pole beans, broccoli, cauliflower, corn, dill, lettuce, marigolds, nasturtium, onion, peas, peppers, radishes, tomatoes, and thyme. No plantin' tomatoes near dill, corn, broccoli, or cauliflower. And don't be puttin' beans near onion, or peppers near broccoli or cauliflower. And cucumbers, well, they ain't too fond of sage.

Dill

Now, dill's a friendly herb, it'll grow just fine near broccoli, cauliflower, corn, cucumber, lettuce, onion, sage, and thyme. But keep it away from the cucumbers, and don't you dare plant dill near tomatoes or carrots.

Eggplant

Eggplant? It'll do just fine near kale, beans, and okra.

Fennel

Fennel, bless its heart, it'll get along just fine with kohlrabi and peppers, but it's got a way of crowdin' out just about everything else.

Kale

Kale's a good ol' Southern staple, it'll thrive next to onions, garlic, nasturtium, dill, rosemary, sage, and thyme. Just don't plant it near strawberries, tomatoes, or basil.

Lavender

Now, lavender's a fragrant one, it'll be right at home near broccoli, cabbage, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, Echinacea, and gypsophila (Baby's Breath).

Leeks

Leeks? Well, they're like to thrive near carrots, spinach, onions, sage, and thyme. But steer clear of plantin' leeks near peas or beans.

Lettuce

Lettuce? Well, it'll grow just fine alongside broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, cucumber, dill, onion, spinach, squash, strawberries, tomatoes, sage, and thyme. Just keep those carrots away from tomatoes or dill.

Melon

Melons? Well, they'll do just fine with corn, squash, marigolds, nasturtiums, sunflower, sage, and thyme.

Okra

Okra? It'll thrive next to melons, eggplant, cucumbers, and sweet peppers.

Onion

They'll get along just fine with broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, dill, leeks, lettuce, parsley, strawberries, Swiss chard, tomatoes, beets, Brussels sprouts, sage, and thyme. But steer clear of plantin' carrots near dill or tomatoes, and don't go plantin' onions near beans or peas.

Oregano

Oregano's a real Southern herb, it'll thrive next to basil, sage, thyme, peppers, broccoli, and cauliflower. But don't plant peppers near broccoli or cauliflower.

Parsley

Parsley- Well, it'll do just fine next to carrots, chives, corn, onion, peas, peppers, tomatoes, sage, and thyme. Just keep those tomatoes away from carrots or corn, and don't go puttin' peas near onions or chives.

Peas

They'll be happy near beans, carrots, corn, cucumber, peppers, spinach, squash, strawberries, parsley, sage, and thyme. But steer clear of plantin' beans near peppers, and keep those cucumbers away from sage. And don't go plantin' peas near chives, leeks, or onions.

Peppers

Well, they'll do just fine with basil, carrots, cucumber, oregano, parsley, peas, rosemary, squash, Swiss chard, tomatoes, sage, and thyme. But steer clear of plantin' peppers with beans, broccoli, or cauliflower.

Now, remember y'all, cross-pollination between bell peppers and hot peppers can stir up quite a fuss, changin' flavors and heat levels. So, if you want to keep things true and steady, you better plant bell peppers and hot peppers in separate patches.

Radish

Radishes? Well, they'll sprout up just fine near cucumbers, corn, peas, parsnips, nasturtiums, chervil, beans, and squash. But they ain't too fond of grapes, hyssop, kohlrabi, potatoes, or turnips.

Rosemary

Rosemary? It's a hardy one, it'll do just fine near beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, peppers, sage, and thyme. But keep those peppers away from beans, broccoli, or cauliflower.

Spinach

It'll be right at home near broccoli, cauliflower, leeks, lettuce, peas, strawberries, cilantro, sage, and thyme. But don't go plantin' strawberries near broccoli or cauliflower, and keep those peas away from leeks.

Squash

Well, it'll do just fine near corn, lettuce, melon, peas, peppers, and nasturtiums. Now, if you're lookin' to keep them squash bugs away, plant some White Icicle Radishes and Nasturtium flowers nearby. And a sprinkle of sage, thyme, oregano, dill, calendula, or marigolds wouldn't hurt neither. And remember, keep that broccoli or cauliflower far away from your squash.

Strawberries

Well, they'll be right at home near beans, lettuce, onion, peas, spinach, sage, and thyme. But keep them onions away from beans or peas, and don't go plantin' strawberries near broccoli or cauliflower.

Sunflowers

They'll thrive near corn, melons, sage, and thyme. (Now, just a word of advice from personal experience: don't go ringin' a sunflower with carrot seeds, no matter how old those seeds are. Them carrots'll take down your sunflower, even if it's reachin' 14 feet tall!)

Swiss Chard

It'll do just fine near beans, broccoli, cauliflower, onion, peppers, mint, radish, lettuce, celery, sage, and thyme. But keep those beans away from onion or pepper, and onion away from beans. And steer clear of plantin' peppers near beans, broccoli, or cauliflower. And keep an eye on that mint, it's liable to take over the whole garden if you ain't careful.

Tomato

They'll get along just fine with basil, beans, chives, cucumber, lettuce, marigolds, nasturtiums, onion, parsley, peppers, sage, and thyme. But don't you go puttin' beans near peppers or onions, and keep them tomatoes far away from carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, corn, or dill.

Turnip

Turnips? Well, they'll do just fine near mint and peas, and they'll cozy up to vetch too. But we don't want to have no vetch growing in the garden, so them turnips will just have to do without!