Companion PlantingFor the environment

For diversityFor better vegies

By Gail Jordan 2008

Monarch Butterfly CaterpillarChewing away on my Myer Lemon Tree Larvae eating

River Gum Leaves

Grasshoppers

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.

White Cabbage Moth

Carnivorous Bugs

Good Bugs come in all shapes and sizes from small lacewings and 7 spotted ladybugs to

these pictured including some wasps.

Summer and Autumn flowering

Tarragon

Spring flowering Borage (Bee Balm)

Spring Chamomile

Summer Echinacea

Herbs as companion plants

Prado Red Sunflower Yellow Taget Marigolds

Federation Daisy’sGuara – Butterfly Bush

Flowers as Companion Plants

Sunflowers draw birds that eat bugs

Marigolds keep

nematodes at bay

← Leptospermum CardwellNatives 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.

Pineapple Sage Artemisia Absinthium(Russian Wormword)

Rambling Roses

Mugwort

Citronella Geranium

These shrubs camouflage with aroma

Artemisia Pontica (Roman Wormwood)

NasturtiumsA 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.

Further reading: Companion Planting in Australia by Brenda Little

Companion Gardening by Judith Wright

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