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Celery Companion Plants: Full List of Pairings
Celery is slow-growing and susceptible to many different pests – which makes finding good celery companion plants twice as important! Here is a complete list of the best companion plants for celery you can grow in your garden, along with a few plants to avoid.
The best celery companion plants include alliums, legumes, chamomile, and dill, but the list below includes many more great options.
Full List of Celery Companion Plants
The following vegetables, flowers, and herbs help celery by improving soil quality, repelling pests, offering ground cover, and more.
Vegetables to Plant with Celery
• Arugula, Lettuce, and Spinach – These greens offer ground cover around celery plants.
• Beans, Peas, and Other Legumes – Legumes add valuable nitrogen to the soil, which benefits celery.
• Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kale, and Kohlrabi – The scent of celery can repel some brassicas family pests, like the cabbage white butterfly.
• Cucumbers – Cucumbers tend to be smaller and less aggressive than squash, making them an acceptable celery companion provided each has access to plenty of space and sun. The cucumber can offer some ground cover for the celery.
• Garlic, Leeks, Onions, Scallions, Shallots, and Other Alliums – The strong scent of alliums can help repel many celery pests. Some say alliums improve celery flavor, as well.
• Radishes – Celery repels some radish pests. If planted a short distance away, the radishes also make a good aphid trap crop.
• Tomatoes – Tomatoes contain solanine, which helps repel celery pests. They also have complementary growing habits, with tomatoes offering some shade to celery.
Flowers to Plant Near Celery
• Alyssum – Alyssum attracts beneficial insects that prey on celery pests, like aphids.
• Bee Balm – The smell of bee balm may repel some celery pests.
• Calendula – Calendula can attract helpful insects like parasitic wasps and hoverflies.
• Cosmos – Cosmos attract predatory insects that feed on pests.
• Daisies – Daisies may bring in beneficial insects to prey on celery pests.
• Geraniums – The strong scent of geraniums can deter celery pests.
• Marigolds – Marigolds repel pests while attracting beneficial insects.
• Nasturtiums – Nasturtiums make a great aphid trap crop when planted a short distance away from celery.
Herbs to Plant Near Celery
These herbs may help repel a variety of celery pests, attract beneficial insects, improve celery flavor, or offer shade for the celery.
• Basil
• Chamomile
• Chives
• Dill
• Hyssop
• Marjoram
• Mints
• Oregano
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Tansy
• Thyme
What NOT to Plant Next to Celery
The following plants should be planted far away from celery if you choose to grow them.
• Carrots, Parsnips, Potatoes, and Turnips – These root vegetables compete for root space with celery.
• Cilantro – Cilantro is in the same family as celery and attracts the same pests.
• Corn – Corn draws too many nutrients from the soil and will compete with celery.
• Parsley – Since it’s the in the celery family, parsley attracts similar pests.
• Squashes – Squash plants, including winter and summer squash varieties, can quickly take over the garden and choke out celery.
Enjoy Your Celery!
With this list, you should now have plenty of options for celery companion plants. Happy growing!
Check out some of my other companion planting guides, like tomatoes and radishes.
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