The Best Squash Companion Plants for Your Backyard Garden

Companion planting with your squash can help your garden grow better, taste better, and have less problems with pests.

So how does companion planting work? What can you grow with your squash and what should be kept far away?

Here are list of squash companion plants that you can grow alongside your squash plants to prevent pests and disease.

Such as rosemary, oregano, borage draw in beneficial insects and attracts bees for good pollination- which is essential in having a great squash harvest.

Flowering Herbs

Such as Marigold, Nasturtiums, and Calendula are great to interplant or perimeter plant around your squash vines.

Annual Flowers

Planting sunflowers alongside your squash can help shade your vines from the hot summer sun.

Sunflowers

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