Companion plants for Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicavegetable
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Excellent pair
- Strawberry attracts Ground beetles and Hoverflies and more, which prey on the Flea beetles and Cutworms and more that attack Broccoli
- Broccoli draws Bees and Bumblebees and more that improve pollination for both
- Strawberry acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Broccoli
- Excellent pair
- Chaytor's Lavender attracts Parasitic wasps and Hoverflies, which prey on the Caterpillars and Aphids and more that attack Broccoli
- Broccoli draws Bees and Bumblebees and more that improve pollination for both
- Excellent pair
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Broccoli β no account needed.
Also works well
- Allard's Lavender
- Asparagus Pea
- Buchii Lavender
- Bugloss
- Celeriac
- Christiana Lavender
- Common bean
- Fernleaf Lavender
- French lavender
- Garden Cress
- Garlic
- Land Cress
- Marjoram
- Maypop
- Mexican Fleabane
- Penhill Watermelon
- Poached Egg Plant
- Rocket
- round leaf lavender
- Sandia Spirit
- Spanish lavender
- Spike lavender
- Sweet Alyssum
- Thyme
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Broccoli
a known bad match: Heavy-feeder competition and shared soil-disease pressure β cole brassicas and potatoes compete hard and amplify clubroot/blight risk.
