Common Garden Vegetables
Their Companions and Their Antagonists

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, Cucumbers, 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, Cauliflower,Kale, 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, Nasturniums, 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, Cucumber, 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	Cucumbers	Potato
Tomatoes	Basil, Chives, Onions, Parsley, Asparagus,Marigold, Nasturtiums, Carrots	Black Walnut, Kohlrabi, Corn, Potatoes, Fennel, Brassicas
Turnip	Peas

Herb Companion Planting Chart

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