Ivydene Gardens Companion Planting:
Companion Plant : D

ORIGINAL PLANT

PEST/DISEASE

COMPANION PLANT

ANTAGONISTIC PLANT OR TO PEST/-DISEASE

Daffodil

Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum)

Dahlia

Marigold

Dandelion

Dandelion gives off ethylene gas which induces plants growing in its vicinity to mature early:-
Clover
Alfalfa

Dead nettle

Potato,

Grown in the border will aid all vegetables.

Potato beetle

Dicentra eximia

Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)

Dieffenbachia

Palm,
Aglaonemas,
Fern,
Dracaenas

Dill
(Anethum graveolens).

Dill added to cooking cabbage nullifies the smell of cabbage.

Black swallowtail butterfly

Cabbage White Fly

Lettuce,
Sweetcorn,
Cucumber,
Coriander,
Cabbage,
Leek,
Celery,
Spinach,
Radish,
Cress,
Onion,
Euphorbia,
Fennel,
Beetroot.

Bees love it and it repels the Cabbage White Fly.

Carrot,
Tomato

Dracunculus vulgaris

Cistus