Finding kindred plants for Oriental poppy

🔍

3 in hand

Great

English Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

English Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

🛡️

☀️ Full sun

💧 Low water

📐 60cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-drained, sandy, or rocky soils; prefers neutral to alkaline pH; tolerates acid soils but favors alkaline conditions; poor in continuously damp soil

vs Oriental poppy

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

vs African Marigold

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Dragon Tongue Bean

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

vs Wintergreen

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

Great

French Marigold

Tagetes patula

French Marigold

Tagetes patula

🛡️

☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 20cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-draining loamy soil, moderate fertility. Tolerates poor soil. pH 6.0-7.5. Avoid waterlogged conditions.

vs Oriental poppy

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs African Marigold

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

⚠ Same family — disease spread risk

vs Dragon Tongue Bean

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Wintergreen

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

Great

round leaf lavender

Lavandula rotundifolia

round leaf lavender

Lavandula rotundifolia

🐝

☀️ Full sun

💧 Low water

📐 60cm spacing

Soil Notes

Prefers well-drained, rocky soil in semi-arid conditions; tolerates poor, rocky soils and can stabilize slopes.

vs Oriental poppy

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

vs African Marigold

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Dragon Tongue Bean

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs Wintergreen

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

Next 3

Showing 3 of 982 matches

✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Oriental poppy · African Marigold · Dragon Tongue Bean · Wintergreen — a self-supporting ecosystem.

🌱 Sign in to save mixes, track your garden, and get frost alerts

✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Oriental poppy, African Marigold, Dragon Tongue Bean, Wintergreen — a self-supporting ecosystem. Plant them together.

✨ Kinship Cluster

Hover a plant to see how it connects.

Oriental poppy

Seed

African Marigold

Dragon Tongue Bean

Wintergreen

+Bonus