Finding kindred plants for Cosmos

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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 Cosmos

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Garden Cress

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs Snowdrop

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs Cloudberry

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May crowd companion

Great

Winged bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Winged bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

🍀

☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 45cm spacing

Soil Notes

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

vs Cosmos

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Garden Cress

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs Snowdrop

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ Same family — disease spread risk

vs Cloudberry

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

Great

Grape

Vitis vinifera

Grape

Vitis vinifera

🐞

☀️ Full sun

💧 Low water

📐 150cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-draining, poor to average — rich soil promotes foliage over fruit

vs Cosmos

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Garden Cress

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs Snowdrop

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs Cloudberry

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May crowd companion

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Cosmos · Garden Cress · Snowdrop · Cloudberry — a self-supporting ecosystem.

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Cosmos, Garden Cress, Snowdrop, Cloudberry — a self-supporting ecosystem. Plant them together.

✨ Kinship Cluster

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Cosmos

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Garden Cress

Snowdrop

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