Companion Planting
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.