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Some plants help each other. Beans fix nitrogen for maize. Basil repels tomato hornworms. Garlic suppresses rose Black Spot. Others fight: walnut poisons nightshades, fennel inhibits most vegetables. Pick a plant below to see its companions and antagonists, with the mechanism behind each pairing.
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Edible plants (45)
Great Yellow Cress
Rorippa amphibia
1 companion
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea
1 companion
Guadalupe Palm
Brahea edulis
1 companion
Hardy Marjoram
Origanum x majoricum
1 companion
Hedge Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
1 companion
Horsemint
Mentha longifolia
1 companion
Ilex chapaensis
Ilex chapaensis
1 companion
Japanese Banana
Musa basjoo
1 companion
Japanese Raspberry
Rubus parvifolius
1 companion
Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
1 companion
Lilac
Syringa vulgaris
1 companion
Lissanthe sapida
Lissanthe sapida
1 companion
Little hogweed
Portulaca retusa
1 companion
Long Dan Cao
Gentiana scabra
1 companion
Mace
Achillea ageratum
1 companion
Mexican Giant Hyssop
Agastache mexicana
1 companion
Neem
Azadirachta indica
1 companion
Ohio Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
1 companion
Paeonia hybrida
Paeonia hybrida
1 companion
Pansy
Viola x wittrockiana
1 companion
Paper-Shell Piñon
Pinus remota
1 companion
Peruvian Bark
Cinchona calisaya
1 companion
Phyllostachys glauca
Phyllostachys glauca
1 companion
Purple Sage
Salvia carnosa
1 companion
Purple Shiso
Perilla frutescens nankinensis
1 companion
Red Dock
Rumex aquaticus
1 companion
Rosa cymosa
Rosa cymosa
1 companion
Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
1 companion
Runner Bean
Phaseolus coccineus
1 companion
Saigon Cinnamon
Cinnamomum loureiroi
1 companion
Sand Rice
Agriophyllum squarrosum
1 companion
Seaport goosefoot
Chenopodium opulifolium
1 companion
Sneeze-Wort
Achillea ptarmica
1 companion
Snow pea
Pisum sativum macrocarpum
1 companion
Society Garlic
Tulbaghia violacea
1 companion
Society Garlic
Tulbaghia alliacea
1 companion
Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
1 companion
Spiderwort
Leucas cephalotes
1 companion
Spiny Vitis
Vitis davidii
1 companion
Sweet Violet
Viola odorata
1 companion
Taraxacum heterolepis
Taraxacum heterolepis
1 companion
Urtica platyphylla
Urtica platyphylla
1 companion
Variegated Violet
Viola variegata
1 companion
Vitis romanetii
Vitis romanetii
1 companion
Yellow Lupin
Lupinus luteus
1 companion
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Medicinal plants (2)
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