Companion Planting

Name: Greenbloom Landscape Design Inc
Address: 165 Geary Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6H 2B8, CA
Telephone: +1-647-500-5263
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Proper planting makes a big difference for the wellbeing of your plants. The experts at Greenbloom understand that a diverse mix of plants is required to ensure your garden remains as healthy as possible. Our professional team can help you create a beautiful garden using the right techniques and combinations of plants.

What is Companion Planting?

The partnering of two or more plant species in a way that is beneficial.
Plants are typically grown close together or as succession crops.
There are various combinations of herbs and vegetables which will either help each other or be detrimental, so be sure to research when planting.

Benefits of Companion Planting

One plant may support the nutritional needs of the other.
Maximizes available space.
Can be used as a diversionary tactic if one plant produces an odour which protects the others from pests and predators.
Helps with pest control using trap cropping. Trap crops, or sacrificial crops, such as nettles, radish, and chervil attract pests and divert them from the main plants.
When certain host plants are interspersed with other plants, pest numbers are reduced.

Examples of Successful Companion Planting

Tomatoes, Sweet Alyssum and Lettuce
- Tomatoes provide shade for the lettuce.
- Alyssum lures parasitic wasps to control any aphids.
- The lettuce and alyssum also act as living mulch, keeping weeds under control.
Sunflowers
- Start to attract beneficial insects when they are about 6 inches tall.
- A good trap crop in areas where fruit trees are planted.
- Choose appropriate varieties for your site, such as dwarf sunflowers if you have a small area, and make sure they do not shade other plants that require sun for their growth.
Roses and Garlic, Ornamental Allium (onion) or geraniums
- Garlic protects the roses from harmful bugs, such as aphids, and can help prevent fungal diseases.
- Garlic is believed to increase the fragrance of the rose.
- Ornamental alliums, chives, and leeks provide the same benefits as garlic.
- Geraniums repel Japanese beetles, aphids and other rose beetles.

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