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Sign up freeTaraxacum officinale
vegetable
Bees
Bumblebees
Butterflies
Pest controlCultivated dandelion has larger less bitter leaves than wild. All parts edible — leaves in salad, roots roasted as coffee, flowers for wine.
🐛 Prone to: Aphids.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant African Marigold, Angelica and Anise nearby.
🌼 Beneficial companion — draws Hoverflies, Ladybirds, Lacewings that help control Aphids, Whitefly, Thrips, Spider mites on neighbouring plants.
Adaptable — any soil
Cichorium intybus (Sugarloaf)
vegetableA fellow Asteraceae — similar growing habits to Dandelion
