COMPANION PLANTING CHART
(definition of : the close planting of different plants that enhance each other's growth or
protect each other from pests.)
Companion planting in the vegetable garden
Companion Planting for Edible Crops
Crop Compatible companions Incompatible
Asparag tomato, parsley, basil
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Beans most vegetables and herbs onion, garlic, gladiolus
Beans, Irish potato, cucumber, corn, strawberry, onion family
bush celery, summer savory
Beans, corn, summer savory, radish onion, beets, kohlrabi,
pole sunflower
Beets cabbage and onion families, lettuce pole beans
Cabbage aromatic herbs, celery, beets, onion dill, strawberry, pole
family family, chamomile, spinach, chard beans, tomato
Carrots English peas, lettuce, rosemary, onion dill
family, sage, tomato
Celery onion and cabbage families, tomato, bush
beans, nasturtium
Corn Irish potato, beans, English peas, tomato
pumpkin, cucumber, squash
Cucumb beans, corn, English peas, sunflowers, Irish potato, aromatic
er radish herbs
Eggplant beans, marigold
Lettuce carrot, radish, strawberry, cucumber
Onion beets, carrot, lettuce, cabbage family, beans, English peas
family summer savory
Parsley tomato, asparagus
Peas, carrots, radish, turnips, cucumber, corn, onion family, gladiolus,
English beans Irish potato
Potato, beans, corn, cabbage family, marigolds, pumpkin, squash,
Irish horseradish tomato, cucumber,
sunflower
Pumpkin corn, marigold Irish potato
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Radish English peas, nasturtium, lettuce, hyssop
cucumber
Spinach strawberry, fava beans
Squash nasturtium, corn, marigold Irish potato
Tomato basil, onion family, nasturtium, marigold, corn, Irish potato, fennel,
asparagus, carrot, parsley, cucumber cabbage family
Turnip English peas Irish potato
Source: Edible Landscaping Handbook, Companion Planting Chart for Home & Market
Gardening, pg 15, prepared for the UCCE Master Gardener Program by the California Center for
Urban Horticulture, UC/Davis. Original Source: ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for
Rural Areas) Companion Planting: Basic Concepts & Resources.
