Companion Planting Guide

With 124 plants and counting, this companion planting guide allow you to quickly search and sort through many vegetables, herbs, and flowers to maximize you companion planting strategy. Our list contains companion planting research done on over 20 sites and compiled a useful and searchable guide. A must have for all gardeners!

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Black Walnut
Black walnut trees inhibit the growth of apples, potato, eggplant, tomato, capsicum, blackberry, petunia.

Blackberry
Blackberries grows very quickly and can take over if not pruned frequently.

Borage
Repels tomato worms. Adds potassium, calcium and other minerals to soil. Attracts honeybees. Borage may benefit any plant it is growing next to via increasing resistance to pests and disease. It also makes a nice mulch for most plants. Borage and strawberries help each other and strawberry farmers always set a few plants in their beds to enhance the fruits flavor and yield. Plant near tomatoes to improve growth and disease resistance. After you have planned this annual once it will self seed. Borage flowers are edible.

Brassica\Broccoli
Brassicas are a family of species which include broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, and cauliflower. Need rich soil with plenty of lime to flourish.

Broad Beans
Add nitrogen to soil--which is needed by corn. Bean vines grow up corn stalks, thus anchoring corn more firmly and the vines discourage racoons.

Brussels sprouts
Will inhibited growth when planted near strawberries. Chamomile can improves the flavor of Brussels sprouts.

Buckwheat
Accumulates calcium and can be grown as an excellent cover crop. Attracts hoverflies in droves. Do not plant buckwheat as a companion crop with legumes, as its early competitiveness for nutrients.