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Rosemary Companion Planting
Salvia rosmarinus
Mint (Lamiaceae) -- warm season
1 beneficial companion
0 antagonistic relationships
Good Companions for Rosemary
CabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitata
BeneficialPest SuppressionSupported
Rosemary volatile oils (1,8-cineole, camphor, alpha-pinene) mask brassica host-plant odors, reducing cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae) and cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae) oviposition.
Plant rosemary at brassica bed borders. Rosemary is perennial -- site it where it can remain year-round.
Sources
- Aromatic plants as repellents for cabbage moth and butterfly -- Crop Protection (2008)
- Essential oils from Lamiaceae plants as repellents of crop pests -- Journal of Stored Products Research (2012)
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