Finding kindred plants for Yin & Yang

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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 Yin & Yang

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Canary Island lavender

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs Candytuft

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs great masterwort

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

Great

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

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☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 30cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-draining, fertile — tolerates most soils

vs Yin & Yang

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Canary Island lavender

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Candytuft

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs great masterwort

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

Good

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 Yin & Yang

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

vs Canary Island lavender

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ May crowd companion

⚠ Same family — disease spread risk

vs Candytuft

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

vs great masterwort

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Yin & Yang · Canary Island lavender · Candytuft · great masterwort — a self-supporting ecosystem.

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Yin & Yang, Canary Island lavender, Candytuft, great masterwort — a self-supporting ecosystem. Plant them together.

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