Common name | Scientific name
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Helps | Helped by | Attracts | Repels | Avoid | Comments
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Alliums |
Allium |
fruit trees, nightshades (tomatoes, capsicum peppers, potatoes), brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, etc.) carrots |
carrots |
slugs, aphids, carrot fly, cabbage worms[1] |
beans, peas, parsley |
Alliums include onions, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives, and others |
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Asparagus |
Asparagus officinalis |
Tomatoes |
Aster Family flowers, Dill, Coriander, Tomatoes, Parsley, Basil, Comfrey, Marigolds |
coupled with Basil seems to encourage lady bugs |
Onion, Garlic, Potatoes |
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Brassicas |
Brassica |
potatoes, cereals (e.g. corn, wheat) |
geraniums, dill, alliums (onions, shallots, garlic, etc.), rosemary, nasturtium, borage |
wireworms |
mustards, nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, etc.) |
Brassicas are a family of species which include broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, and cauliflower. |
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Beans |
Phaseolus |
Corn (see Three Sisters), Spinach, lettuce, rosemary, summer savory, dill, carrots, brassicas, beets, radish, strawberry and cucumbers |
Eggplant, Summer savoury |
California beetles |
Tomatoes, chili peppers, alliums (onions, garlic, etc.), brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, etc.) |
Hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria, a good fertiliser for some plants, too much for others |
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Beets |
Beta Vulgaris |
lettuce, kohlrabi, onions and brassicas |
Catnip, Garlic, Mint |
Runner or pole beans[2] |
Good for adding minerals to the soil through composting leaves which have up to 25% magnesium. Runner or pole beans and beets stunt each other's growth. |
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Broccoli |
Brassica oleracea |
geraniums, dill, alliums, rosemary, nasturtium, borage |
mustards, Tomatoes, peppers |
Rosemary repels cabbage fly, geraniums trap cabbage worms, same general companion profile as all brassica (cabbage, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc.) |
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Cabbage |
geraniums, dill, alliums, rosemary |
mustards, Tomatoes, peppers strawberries, and pole/runner beans |
Rosemary repels cabbage flies, geraniums trap cabbage worms, same general companion profile as all brassica (cabbage, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc.) |
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Carrots |
Daucus carota |
Tomatoes, Alliums (onions, chives, etc.), lettuce |
alliums (leeks, shallots, etc.), rosemary, wormwood, sage, beans, flax |
assassin bug, lacewing, parasitic wasp, yellow jacket and other predatory wasps |
Dill, parsnip, radish |
Tomatoes grow better with carrots, but may stunt the carrots' growth. Beans (which are bad for tomatoes) provide the nitrogen carrots need more than some other vegetables. Aromatic companion plants repel carrot fly. Alliums inter-planted with carrots confuse onion and carrot flies. |
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Celery |
Apium... |
Source: www.gardentowerproject.com