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Companion plants for Purple sprouting broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicavegetable
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Great pair
- French Marigold attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids that attack Purple sprouting broccoli
- French Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Purple sprouting broccoli
- French Marigold acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Purple sprouting broccoli
- Great pair
- Clover fixes nitrogen in the soil that Purple sprouting broccoli feeds on
- Purple sprouting broccoli draws Butterflies and Bees that improve pollination for both
- Clover acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Purple sprouting broccoli
- Great pair
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Purple sprouting broccoli β no account needed.
Also works well
- Bugloss
- Christiana Lavender
- Crimson Clover
- Marjoram
- Mexican Fleabane
- Onion
- Oregano
- Poached Egg Plant
- Thyme
- Wild Garlic
- Winged bean
- Alpine Strawberry
- Bugle
- English bluebellπ±
- fescue
- Foamflower
- Hardy Gloxinia
- houseleek
- Jagged Lavender
- Lily of the valley
- Lungwort
- Minutoli's Lavender
- Moroccan Mountain Lavender
- Pennyroyalπ±
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Purple sprouting 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.
