Garden Connections
A good pairing starts with a purpose. Are you making room for two harvests, bringing flowers near vegetables, or trying to keep a path open? Plant names alone cannot answer those questions: mature size, timing and access matter too.
Choose what you want the pairing to do
Compare companion-planting purposes to distinguish use of space, flower habitat and claims that need stronger evidence.
Read the garden, not a pairing chart
Picture both plants at full size. A small transplant can become the plant that shades its neighbor or blocks the harvest path. Compare mature spacing in the plant finder, then lay out the bed in Studio.
Keep a record of the result. Note what you planted together, the dates and the outcome you were watching. One successful season is useful experience, but it does not prove that one plant protected another.
Think beyond this season. Crop rotation considers what occupied the bed before. Use your garden notes to keep that history.