Vegetable Companion Plants

There’s nothing more frustrating than finding your chilli plants covered in whitefly or discovering that your cauliflowers have turned into an all you can eat buffet for caterpillars. If you have problems with garden pests, you need companion plants. Companion planting is a natural, organic way to control common garden pests without using harmful insecticides.

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  • Organic British Basil Plants Vegetables
    From £8
    From £8

    British Basil Plants

    The best herb? Could well be!

    • Punchy herbal flavour with sweet notes
    • Perfect for growing on the window sill
    • Ideal for creamy tomato soups
    • Harvest your basil from June to October

    Currently out of stock

  • Lavender 'Hidcote Improved' Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Lavender 'Hidcote Improved'

    Supercharges the original!

    • Loves a spot in full sun
    • Great in beds, borders, hedges and pots
    • Flowers from May to September
    • Better colour retention and longer-flowering

    Currently out of stock

  • 3 Organic Garden Mint Plants Vegetables
    From £8
    From £8

    Garden Mint Plants

    Fresh and fabulously fragrant

    • The classic cool and refreshing flavour
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators
    • Make your own mint juleps!
    • Pick your mint from June to November

    Currently out of stock

  • 3 Organic Thyme Plants Vegetables
    From £7
    From £7

    Thyme Plants

    A kitchen staple, fresh all year

    • Intense, almost mint-like, herby flavour
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators
    • Whip up a thyme and garlic butter
    • Pick your thyme all year long

    Currently out of stock

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    Pack your patch with organic veg

  • English Lavender | Lavandula Angustifolia Perennial Bedding
    £18
    £18

    English Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia

    As iconic as they come!

    • Give it as sunny a spot as possible
    • Thrives in beds and borders in dry soil
    • Flowers from June to August
    • Hardier than French and Spanish lavenders

    Currently out of stock

  • Catmint 'Purrsian Blue' | Nepeta Perennial Bedding
    From £6
    From £6

    Catmint 'Purrsian Blue' | Nepeta

    Indigo blue flowers all summer long

    • Loves a spot in full sun
    • Add a long lasting splash of blue to your borders
    • Flowers May to September
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Currently out of stock

  • Ultimate Vegetable Companion Plant Collection | Cosmos, Marigold & Zinnia Annual Bedding
    From £25
    From £25

    Ultimate Vegetable Companion Plant Collection | Cosmos, Marigold & Zinnia

    Help your garden flourish better

    • Deter pests such as aphids and white flies
    • Attract pollinators like bees and butterflies
    • Enhance your soil's overall health
    • Improve overall crop yield

    Currently out of stock

  • Solent Wight' Garlic Plants Vegetables
    From £8
    From £8

    Garlic Plants

    Unlock new levels of flavour

    • Reliable in the UK climate
    • Exceptional taste and aroma, keeps for months
    • Grow in raised beds, pots or borders
    • Harvest from July to August

    Currently out of stock

  • Chives Plant Vegetable Plants
    From £8
    From £8

    Chives Plant

    Snip, sprinkle and salivate

    • Delicate notes of onion and garlic
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators
    • Bake a cheese and chive soda bread loaf
    • Best harvested from May to September

    Currently out of stock

  • Borage Plant Vegetable Plants
    From £4.50
    £9 From £4.50

    Borage Plant

    A classic cottage garden herb

    • Light cucumber flavour and fragrance
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators
    • Try your hand at a borage leaf soup
    • Pick your leaves from June to November

    Currently out of stock

  • Green Fennel Plant Vegetable Plants
    From £8
    From £8

    Green Fennel Plant

    Gloriously aromatic foliage

    • Aniseed flavour that sweetens when cooked
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators
    • Cook a cheesy gratin with the bulbs
    • Harvest your fennel from June to October

    Currently out of stock

  • Lavender 'Blue Spear' Perennial Bedding
    From £5
    From £5

    Lavender 'Blue Spear'

    Perfect for patio pots

    • Appreciates basking in full sun
    • An excellent option for poor, dry soils
    • Flowers from July to September
    • An upright variety that thrives in containers

    Currently out of stock

Roots' Cotswolds Valley Nursery

Meet Cameron

An experienced hand from seed to harvest

When it comes to veg plants, if Cameron doesn’t know about it? It ain’t worth knowing. They’re one of his horticultural passions and the quality of the produce he – well, produces – at the nursery is testament to that fact. Cameron pairs time-honoured horticultural traditions alongside the very best modern techniques in our fabulous, purpose-built nursery in Evesham. With a background that saw him place at the Grand Finals at the Young Horticultural Awards back in 2022, we’re proud to have someone that really knows his onions.

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Plants that Predators love

Plants that Predators love

Predators are your friends. By planting flowers that are attractive to them, you’ll soon have an army of ladybirds, hoverflies and lacewings feeding on the insects that would otherwise eat your crops. Garden heroes Fennel and Marigolds are perfect for planting with brassicas and salad plants - they also have the added benefit of attracting useful pollinators.

Sacrificial Crops

Sacrificial Crops

Sounds sinister, but makes a lot of sense. By planting Nasturtiums or Comfrey alongside peas and beans you’ll draw the caterpillars and aphids away from your precious crops and they’ll eat these instead.

Deterrent Plants

Deterrent Plants

Common garden pests like whitefly and carrot fly hate the smell and taste of plants like Mint, Chives, Alliums, Lavender and Marigolds. Plant them with your peppers, tomatoes and aubergines, and the pests will steer well clear.

Companion Planting tips

Companion Planting tips

To help you give your fruit and vegetable plants the very best defence against garden pests, we’ve put together two handy packs of the best companion plants to cover all bases, with all the companion plants you need to protect your edible crops. To find out more about which plants go together, read our full companion planting guide.

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Ornamental Colour Collection Pond Plants
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Plants arrived in great condition and very promptly. Well established - much better than the ones I got at my local garden centre.

Monica Spence

| 24 May
Star Jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides Climbing Plants
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Yet again this company delivered good healthy plants, exactly as shown in photos, well packaged and within delivery time quoted. Recommend!

Jacqueline Burgess

| 2 Jun
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I continue to be so impressed with Roots. Their customer care, knowledge of their subject: from planting hedges to pruning roses and more, has been a great support.

Judy Lane

| 23 Oct
E 'Black Hamburgh' Indoor Grape Vine Soft Fruit
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The plant arrived looking vigorously healthy, which brings a smile to your face, extremely well protected in its packaging.

Martyn Hill

| 5 Jul
E 'Braeburn Hillwell' Apple Tree Fruit Trees
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As a non-gardener, I found my whole experience brilliant. Great information & advice available on the website, great range of products & prices are brilliant.

John-Paul

| 22 May
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Wonderful plants and great customer service... really surprised to find that the plants are better than those you would get at your local garden centre.

Gavin Wilcock

| 8 Nov

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