Companion plants for Hyacinth Bean
Lablab purpureusflower
36 plants scored for growing underneath and alongside it β shade tolerance, root depth and spacing.
Best plants to grow beneath it
- Excellent pair
- Lungwort attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids that attack Hyacinth Bean
- Hyacinth Bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that Lungwort feeds on
- Hyacinth Bean draws Bees and Bumblebees that improve pollination for both
- Great pair
- African Marigold attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids that attack Hyacinth Bean
- Hyacinth Bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that African Marigold feeds on
- African Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Hyacinth Bean
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Hyacinth Bean β no account needed.
Also works underneath
- Aristibract Lavender
- Arum Lily, Calla Lily
- balloon flower
- Bear's breeches
- Bedding Begonia
- Bird of Paradise
- Blazing star
- Bowman's root
- Butterfly Weed
- Common Milkweed
- Common Mullein
- corn lily
- Coronopus Lavender
- Culver's root
- Daylily
- Eryngo, Sea Holly
- False sunflower
- Garden Heliotrope
- goat's beard
- Impatiens
- Lady's slipper orchid
- leopardplant
- Lobelia
- Marigold
Keep apart
Fabaceae and Amaryllidaceae are known to grow poorly together
Fabaceae and Amaryllidaceae are known to grow poorly together
