Collection: 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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Lavender 'Hidcote Improved'
Blooms for months and months
- Loves a spot in full sun
- Great in beds, borders, hedges and pots
- Flowers from May to September
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
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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
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£8Sale price From £5British 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
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£8Sale price From £5Garden 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
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£8Sale price From £5Thyme 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
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£8Sale price From £5Garlic 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
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£18Sale price From £16Ultimate 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
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£8Sale price From £5Chives 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
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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
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£8Sale price From £5Green 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
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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
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South Downs National Park
Meet Josh
Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs
Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.
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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
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.

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
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.
Happy plants make happy customers

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

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

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

The plant arrived looking vigorously healthy, which brings a smile to your face, extremely well protected in its packaging.
Martyn Hill
| 5 Jul

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

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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