Common Garden Vegetables
Companion Planting Chart
Common garden vegetables; their companions and their antagonists
This companion planting chart is the accompanying information to companion planting as a gardening method. This is the chart that accompanies that article. Also, see the Herb Companion Planting Chart.
COMMON NAME | COMPANIONS | ANTAGONISTS |
Alliums | Fruit trees, Nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, etc), Brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, etc) Carrots | Beans, Peas, Parsley |
Asparagus | Tomatoes, Parsley, Basil | Onion, Garlic, Potatoes |
Beans | Potatoes, Carrots, Cucumbers, Radishes, Rosemary, Peas, Corn, Brassicas, Summer Savory, most other vegetables and herbs | Tomatoes, chili peppers, sunflowers, alliums (onions, garlic, etc), Gladiola |
Pole Beans | Corn (see Three Sisters, Summer Savory, Sunflowers | Onions, Beets, Kohlrabi, Cabbage |
Bush Beans | Potatoes, Cucumbers, Corn,Strawberries, Celery, Summer Savory | Onions |
Beets | Lettuce, Onions, Brassicas, Kohlrabi | Pole beans |
Brassicas (Cabbage & Kale Cauliflower, Kohlrabi, Broccoli) | Aromatic Herbs, Potatoes, Celery, Chamomile, Dill Peppermint, Sage, Rosemary, Beets, Onions, Spinach | Pole beans, strawberries, tomatoes |
Carrots | Chives, Rosemary, Sage, Radishes, Lettuce, Peas, Onions, Leeks, Tomatoes | Dill |
Celery | Leeks, Tomatoes, Bush Beans, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Cosmos, Daisies, Snapdragons | corn, Aster flowers, these can transmit the aster yellows disease |
Chives | Carrots, tomatoes | Peas, beans |
Corn | Sunflowers, Pumpkins, Beans, Potatoes, Peas, Cucumbers, Pumpkin, Squash | Tomatoes, Celery |
Cucumber | Beans, Carrots, Beets, Onions, Radishes, Corn, Peas, Lettuce, Dill, Sunflowers, Nasturtiums, Marigolds | Potatoes, aromatic herbs |
Dill | Cabbage, Onions, Cucumbers | Tomato |
Eggplant | Beans, Peppers, Potatoes | |
Leek | Onions, celery, carrots | Legumes (beans, peas, etc) |
Lettuce | Carrots with radishes, Strawberries, Cucumbers, Onions | |
Marigold | Plant throughout the garden | |
Oregano | Good to all Vegetables | |
Onion (and garlic) | Beets, Strawberries, Tomatoes,Lettuce, Summer Savory, Chamomile, Leeks, Parsley | Peas, Beans, Parsley |
Parsley | Tomatoes, Asparagus | |
Peas | Carrots, Turnips, Radishes, Cucumbers, Corn, Beans, Lettuce, most vegetables and herbs | Onions, Garlic, Chives, Gladiola, Potatoes |
Roses | Garlic | |
Potato | Beans, Corn, Cabbage, Horseradish, Marigold, Eggplant (as a lure for the Colorado potato beetle) | Pumpkin Squash, Cucumbers, Sunflowers, Tomatoes, Raspberry |
Pumpkin | Corn, Beans | Potato |
Radish | Peas, Nasturtium, Lettuce, Cucumber | |
Sage | Broccoli, Cauliflower, Rosemary, Cabbage, Carrots | Kohlrabi, Corn, Potatoes, Fennel, Cabbage |
Soybeans | Grows/helps with everything | |
Spinach | Strawberries | |
Squash | Nasturtiums, Corn | Potatoes |
Strawberries | BUSH Bean, Spinach, Borage, Lettuce (as a border), Onions | Cabbage |
Sunflower | Cucumber | Potato |
Sweet Potato | Beets, Salsify, and Parsnips | Squash |
Tomatoes | Basil, Chives, Onions, Parsley, Asparagus,Marigold, Nasturtiums, Carrots | Black Walnut, Kohlrabi, Corn, Potatoes, Fennel, Brassicas |
Turnip | Peas |
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