Companion plants for Rhubarb
Rheum Γ hybridumvegetable
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Great pair
- Clover fixes nitrogen in the soil that Rhubarb feeds on
- Rhubarb draws Bees and Bumblebees that improve pollination for both
- Clover acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Rhubarb
- Great pair
- Common bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that Rhubarb feeds on
- Rhubarb draws Bees and Bumblebees that improve pollination for both
- Common bean acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Rhubarb
- Great pair
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Rhubarb β no account needed.
Also works well
- African Marigold
- Anasazi Bean
- Asparagus Pea
- Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Cannellini Bean
- Cloudberry
- Crimson Clover
- Dragon Tongue Bean
- Fenugreek
- French Filet Bean
- Great Northern Bean
- Karina pea
- Mor Kristin
- Navy Bean
- Painted Lady Runner Bean
- Peanut
- Perssons BuskbΓΆna
- Pinto Bean
- Pretzel
- Processor
- Red Clover
- Red Mustard
- Red Swan
- Runner Bean
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Rhubarb
White Sage releases compounds that inhibit Rhubarb
