Finding kindred plants for Bee Balm

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3 in hand

Great

Chaytor's Lavender

Lavandula × chaytoriae

Chaytor's Lavender

Lavandula × chaytoriae

🐞

☀️ Full sun

💧 Low water

📐 60cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-draining, light to medium soil; prefers neutral to slightly alkaline pH

vs Bee Balm

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Same family — disease spread risk

vs English Lavender

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

⚠ May crowd companion

⚠ Same family — disease spread risk

vs Onion

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Shares pollinators

vs French Marigold

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

Great

Winged bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Winged bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

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☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 45cm spacing

Soil Notes

Prefers well-draining soil; tolerates a range of soil types

vs Bee Balm

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

vs English Lavender

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

vs Onion

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

⚠ Same family — disease spread risk

vs French Marigold

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

Great

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

🐞

☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 30cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-draining, fertile — tolerates most soils

vs Bee Balm

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs English Lavender

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Onion

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

vs French Marigold

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

⚠ Same family — disease spread risk

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Bee Balm · English Lavender · Onion · French Marigold — a self-supporting ecosystem.

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Bee Balm, English Lavender, Onion, French Marigold — a self-supporting ecosystem. Plant them together.

✨ Kinship Cluster

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English Lavender

Onion

French Marigold

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