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Cosmos Companion Planting

Cosmos bipinnatus

Daisy (Asteraceae) -- warm season

1 beneficial companion
0 antagonistic relationships

Good Companions for Cosmos

PepperCapsicum annuum
BeneficialPest SuppressionSupported

Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) flowers attract green lacewings (Chrysoperla spp.), minute pirate bugs (Orius spp.), and parasitoid wasps that control pepper aphids, thrips, and caterpillars.

Plant cosmos borders around warm-season vegetable beds. Easy to grow from seed and blooms profusely.

Sources
  • Flower strips as ecological compensation areas for pest management -- Biological Control (2008)
  • Habitat management for natural enemies of pests -- Annual Review of Entomology (2000)

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