Companion Planting Matrix — discover which plants thrive together
Free tool · Troppo NZ

Discover which plants thrive together

162 plants on an interactive compatibility grid — green for allies, red for foes. Filter by guild, search combinations, download the PDF guide.

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17Guilds
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Start with a guild

Popular planting groups — open pre-filtered in the matrix.

Classic polyculture

Three Sisters

Corn, beans, squash — nitrogen, structure, and living mulch in one bed.

View guild → Aotearoa

Rongōā Māori Guild

Kawakawa, mānuka, harakeke — traditional useful plants for NZ whenua.

View guild → Kitchen garden

Nightshade Guild

Tomatoes, peppers, potatoes — manage shared pests and good neighbours.

View guild → Cool season

Brassica Guild

Cabbages, bok choy, kale — pair with herbs and trap crops for white butterfly.

View guild → Bed edges

Pest Control Guild

Marigolds, nasturtiums, tansy — repel nematodes and trap aphids away from veg.

View guild → Food forest

Pollinator Guild

Flowers for bees and beneficial insects — borders, orchard understorey, and strips.

View guild →

See all 17 guilds → · Browse all 162 plants →

Get started

  1. Pick a guild or search a plant — e.g. tomato, basil, or Three Sisters.
  2. Read the grid — row × column shows beneficial, neutral, or incompatible.
  3. Plan your bed — pair with Orchard Planner for perennials or Continuous Harvests for succession crops.
  4. Learn the theory — Food Resilience School courses on food forests and kai resilience.

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