Finding kindred plants for Summer Squash

🔍

3 in hand

Great

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

🛡️

☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 30cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-draining, fertile — tolerates most soils

vs Summer Squash

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Sainfoin

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Bird's-foot Trefoil

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Fox Grape

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

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 Summer Squash

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Sainfoin

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Bird's-foot Trefoil

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Fox Grape

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

Great

Lemon Balm

Melissa officinalis

Lemon Balm

Melissa officinalis

🐞

☀️ Partial shade

💧 Moderate water

📐 45cm spacing

Soil Notes

Moist, well-draining — tolerates most soils

vs Summer Squash

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Sainfoin

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Bird's-foot Trefoil

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Fox Grape

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Shares pollinators

Next 3

Showing 3 of 882 matches

✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Summer Squash · Sainfoin · Bird's-foot Trefoil · Fox Grape — a self-supporting ecosystem.

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

✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Summer Squash, Sainfoin, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Fox Grape — a self-supporting ecosystem. Plant them together.

✨ Kinship Cluster

Hover a plant to see how it connects.

Summer Squash

Seed

Sainfoin

Bird's-foot Trefoil

Fox Grape

+Bonus