Companion Planting: Bush Beans

Phaseolus vulgaris

Spacing: 9 per square foot.

Plant these nearby

• Sweet Corn — Classic 'three sisters' — corn gives beans a stalk to climb.
• Cucumber — Beans fix nitrogen that heavy-feeding cucumbers use.

Keep these apart

• Onion — Alliums inhibit nitrogen-fixing bacteria on bean roots.
• Garlic — Alliums inhibit nitrogen-fixing bacteria on bean roots.

Lay this out in the Garden Designer →