Companion Planning for the Environment for Diversity for Better Vegies

1. Companion Planting
For the environment
For diversity
For better vegies
By Gail Jordan
2008

2. Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar
Chewing away on my Myer Lemon Tree Larvae eating
River Gum Leaves
Eggs of a leaf sapper
and the damage their
parents have committed
Companion planting can help you to get rid of the nasty
bugs in your garden by:
1. Attracting good bugs who eat the bad bugs
2. Camouflage the scent or shape of your plant so that
those nasty bugs do not see it.
3. Reduces the need for nasty chemicals to get rid of the
nasty bugs.
Grasshoppers
White Cabbage Moth

3. Carnivorous
Bugs
Good Bugs come in all
shapes and sizes from
small lacewings and 7
spotted ladybugs to
these pictured including
some wasps.

4. Spring flowering Borage (Bee Balm)
Spring
Chamomile
Herbs as companion plants
Summer and
Autumn flowering Summer
Tarragon Echinacea

5. Prado Red Sunflower Yellow Taget Marigolds
Marigolds
keep
nematodes
at bay
Sunflowers
draw birds
that eat bugs
Flowers as Companion Plants
Guara – Butterfly Bush Federation Daisy’s

6. ← Leptospermum Cardwell
Natives are exceptionally good as
companion plants for their attractive
qualities to many bugs and birds.
Australian Native
Hibiscus Bush – West →
Coast Gem
Flowering bushes serve many
purposes as companion plants.
They are pretty, attract birds and
bugs and give the birds
somewhere to hide.

7. Rambling Roses
Pineapple Sage Artemisia Absinthium
(Russian Wormword)
Artemisia Pontica
Citronella Geranium (Roman Wormwood)
These shrubs camouflage with aroma
Mugwort

8. Nasturtiums
A good companion plant as they
grow over and around and
disguise shapes. The yellow
variety attract aphids away from
other plants and they are attractive
and good to eat.
The perfect companion.
The End
Further reading: Companion Planting in Australia
by Brenda Little
Companion Gardening by Judith Wright