A Backyard Cottage-Garden Companion

The Companion Bed

Some plants are the best of neighbours — trading pest-cover, pollinators and nitrogen across the soil. Pick what you’re growing and see its finest companions, why each pairs, and the few to keep well apart.

New to companion planting? See why these pairings work ↓

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Choose a plant

Search the cottage-garden roll or filter by kind, then pick what you’re growing.

Find a plant

Over seventy cottage-garden vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit — search by name or narrow by kind.

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Plants
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Good neighbours & keep apart

Ranked companions for your plant — best-attested first — and the neighbours worth avoiding.

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Why it works

Eight ways a neighbour earns its place — and how sure the lore is.

Well attested — backed by trials or long, broad practice; shown first. Traditional ~ — cottage-garden lore; sound but less firmly proven, so it’s flagged and ranked below.