Companion Planting with Celery
Companion planting is an important part of integrated pest management in your garden. Deliberately planting crops together can work to bring balance to your garden. The idea of companion planting works on many levels to improve your garden’s ecosystem, including discouraging insect pests without applying potentially harmful pesticides. Experts advise that certain plants will grow well in a garden bed with celery, and that others will limit your crop. While individual results may vary, generally you’ll want to select those plants that grow well with celery for celery companion plants.
Plants That Grow Well with Celery
Those vegetable plants that grow well with celery include:
Beans Leeks Onions Members of the cabbage family Spinach Tomatoes
You can plant these veggies in the same bed with celery without any harmful consequences. Moreover, the plants assist each other. For example, the cabbage white butterfly is a pest that attacks members of the cabbage family. The insects are repelled by the scent of celery, so cabbage planted near celery benefits. Some flowers make good companion plants for celery as well. Consider the following flowers for companion planting with celery:
Cosmos Daisies Snapdragons
Experts claim that these lovely garden flowers drive off many insects that could harm your crop. At the same time, they attract helpful predators, like parasitic wasps, that eat the other insect pests.
Plants to Avoid as Celery Companion Plants
When it comes to companion planting with celery, it is also important to recognize the plants you should not grow with celery. These are plants that somehow impede the health or growth of celery. Experts say that you shouldn’t include any of the following as companion plants for celery:
Corn Irish potato Aster flowers
Some also include carrots, parsley, and parsnip on the list of plants that don’t make good companion plants for celery.
