This simple chart showing good and bad companions first appeared in "Dig This" in December 2006.

There is already a section on companion planting and a section on herbs, but I thought it would be useful to gather together information which herbs make good or bad companions. Many books allude to the desirability of moving away from monoculture without actually giving much practical information on what to plant where. I think it is useful to plant herbs all over the place, and the following chart will help in locating them. Having said that, certain herbs are generally looked upon as being useful, namely borage, chives, dill,hyssop,lavender,marjoram, parsley, sage and tarragon.In terms of cuisine Basil and Doyle recommend the French variety as the Russian one is poor tasting by comparison. It is not available in seed form but must be propagated. Herbs: Companion Planting Herb Useful /attractive dislikedby repels notes Basil tomato chilli Borage strawberry fruit trees generally beneficial aid to pollination Chervil radish lettuce Chives apple (scab) gooseberry cucumber carrot rose (blackspot) generally beneficial Coriander aphis Dill corn cabbages lettuce onion cucumber generally beneficial Fennel hoverflies coriander legumes tomatoes most plants in fact French Marigold whitefly Garlic rose(blackspot) brassica tomato fruit trees legumes cucumber radish spinach aphis weevils blight (tomato & potato) rabbits use garlic tea as a spray Hyssop cabbage white generally beneficial Lavender mice moths generally beneficial Marjoram generally beneficial Nettle tomato mint aphis blackfly Nasturtium sunflower hoverfly aphis blackfly whitefly Parsley tomato rose ants generally beneficial Rosemary carrot fly Sage brassica cucumber cabbage white carrot fly generally beneficial Spearmint cabbage tomato aphis ants cabbage white Tarragon generally beneficial Thyme cabbage root fly generally beneficial

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