Companion planting by definition is simply any plant that is purposefully planted next to another to enhance growth, beauty or flavor. Typically we see companion plants that do any number of supportive things for both vegetable gardens and our ornamental plants. Sometimes you've companion planted completely by accident.
If you have giant sunflowers and decide to plant cucumbers in between to take advantage of the space underneath the flowers, you have companion planted. Gardeners swear by this companion planting because the sunflowers provide afternoon shade for the cukes and end up producing a higher yeild of veggies. The sunflowers benefit form the cucumber plants because they act as living mulch keeping moisture in the soil and deterring weeds. The result is productive and gorgeous plants – and the added benefit of less weeding makes this a serious win-win situation in my book. |
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