Heather's Companion Planting Guide - Australia

1. PLANT WITH BECAUSE NOT
Apple Nasturtium, wallflowers, apple mint, chives, foxgloves, Nasturtium repels codling moth. Chives
marjoram. grown beneath apple trees will help to
prevent apple scab.
Apricot Clover, ginger mint, tansy, scented geranium, catnip, Potatoes, tomatoes.
alfalfa, basil, yarrow OR comfrey, chives, garlic.
Asparagus Tomatoes, Parsley, Basil Parsley improves asparagus.
Avocados Comfrey Comfrey for garden edging, compost
activator, medicinal, foliage spray, nutrient
miner, essential to all gardens.
Beans Potatoes, carrots, cucumber, cauliflower, summer Onions, garlic, gladiolus, chives
savoury, rosemary, most other vegetables and herbs.
COMPANION PLANTING
Beetroot Onions, lettuce, cabbage, silver beet.
Broad beans Potatoes, peas, beans.
Cabbage, Cauliflower, Mint, sage, dill, camomile, beets, peppermint, Dill attracts a wasp to control cabbage Strawberries, tomatoes.
Broccoli rosemary, beans, celery, onions, potatoes, dwarf moth. Zinnias attract lady bugs to protect
zinnias, nasturtium. plants. Nasturtium flowers repel aphids and
cucumber beetle.
Carrots Lettuce, peas, leeks, chives, onions, cucumbers,
beans, tomatoes, wormwood, sage, rosemary.
Catnip Repels fleas, ants and rodents.
Cauliflower Celery
Celery Chives, leeks, tomatoes, dwarf beans.
Chamomile Cabbages and onions. Deters flies and mosquitoes and gives
strength to any plant growing nearby.
Citrus Tansy, lavender, guava, catnip, sweet peas, ajuga, Bracken fern & grape vines repel stink
lambs ear (artichokes nearby), bracken fern, grape beetles
vines.
Corn Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, pumpkin, squash. Corn acts as a trellis for beans and beans
attract predators of corn pests.
Cucumbers Beans, corn, peas, radish, sunflowers. Potatoes, aromatic herbs.
Grapes Grow up mulberry tree, hyssop, basil, lobelia, catmint,
white geranium, low growing geraniums, ajuga, tansy,
sage.
Leek Onion, celery, carrot.

2. PLANT WITH BECAUSE NOT
Lettuce Chives, tall flowers, carrots, radish, onion family. Chives deter aphids on lettuce and peas,
flowers offer light shade.
Mango Alpine strawberry, garlic, lavender, rosemary.
Mulberry Grapes, chokkos, curry plant, tarragon, locut, sweet
violet.
Onion & garlic Beets, summer savoury, tomatoes, lettuce,
strawberries, camomile.
Passionfruit Marjoram, lemon balm, scented geranium,
lemongrass, eau de cologne mint.
COMPANION PLANTING
Peach/Nectarine Tansy, lavender, strawberries, garlic, chamomile, Tansy beneath peach trees repels harmful
marjoram, tarragon. flying insects.
Pear Scented geranium, tansy, catmint, sage.
Peas Carrots, turnips, corn, beans, radishes, cucumbers, Chives, onions, garlic,
most vegetables and herbs. gladiolas, potatoes.
Plum Catnip, tansy, scented geranium, garlic, chives,
wormwood (outside drip line).
Potato Beans, cabbage, marigold, horseradish (plant at Alyssum attracts beneficial wasps and acts Pumpkin, squash, cucumber,
corners of patch) eggplant, sweet alyssum. as a living ground cover. sunflower, tomato, raspberry.
Pumpkin Corn
Raspberry Garlic Garlic keep aphids away from roses and Blackberries, tomatoes, potato.
raspberries.
Roses Garlic, chives, parsley. Chives beneath roses will keep away aphids
and blackspot. Parsley deters rose beetle.
Spinnach Strawberries
Strawberries Bush bean, spinach, borage, lettuce. Borage will increase the yield.
Tomatoes Lemon balm, borage, french marigold, mint, parsley, Balm improves growth and flavour & attracts Potato, fennel, cabbage.
asparagus, parsley, chives, onion, broccoli, sweet bees, borage deters tomato worm &
basil, carrots. improves growth and flavour, french
marigold's root secretions kill nematodes in
the soil. Will repel white fly amongst
tomatoes. Mint deters white cabbage moth,
ants and fleas (especially spearmint) &
clothes moths. Parsley improves tomato.
Turnip Peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cucumbers.