Companion Plants for Sage

Traditional companions for sage include broccoli, Brussels sprouts, bush beans, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower and 6 more in the table below.

Keep cucumbers away from it.

These are garden traditions, collected from 13 US extension guides. Few have been tested in trials, so treat them as a starting point: spacing, sun and rotation matter more.

Good companions for sage

Spacing is per square foot, for a raised bed planted square by square. Cool-season companions can share the bed before or after a warm-season crop, or grow in its shade.

Traditional companions for sage
Plant	Kind	Spacing	Season
Broccoli	Vegetable	1 per sq ft	Cool season
Brussels Sprouts	Vegetable	1 per sq ft	Cool season
Bush Beans	Vegetable	9 per sq ft	Warm season
Cabbage	Vegetable	1 per sq ft	Cool season
Carrots	Vegetable	16 per sq ft	Cool season
Cauliflower	Vegetable	1 per sq ft	Cool season
Collard Greens	Vegetable	1 per sq ft	Cool season
Kale	Vegetable	1 per sq ft	Cool season
Kohlrabi	Vegetable	4 per sq ft	Cool season
Peas	Vegetable	8 per sq ft	Cool season
Pole Beans	Vegetable	8 per sq ft	Warm season
Sweet Corn	Vegetable	1 per sq ft	Warm season

What not to plant with sage

Cucumbers: usually planted in a different bed.

What the evidence says

Companion planting charts come from long garden experience, and most pairs have never been tried in a replicated trial. Several extension services say so directly; one review gives traditional charts more entertainment than scientific value.

What reliably helps sage: the right planting dates, enough space, and moving crops to a new bed each year (crop rotation).

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Questions

What can I plant with sage?

The traditional companions are broccoli, Brussels sprouts, bush beans, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, collard greens, kale and 4 more listed above. Plant companions in neighbouring rows or squares rather than in the same hole.

What should not be planted with sage?

The guides keep cucumbers apart from sage. Give it a different bed.

Does companion planting with sage work?

Most pairings are tradition rather than tested results: extension services call companion planting promising but largely unproven. None of the pairs for this crop has been tested in a trial we could find. Good spacing, sun, water and rotation do more for a harvest than any single pairing.

How close can broccoli grow to sage?

In a raised bed planted by the square foot, give sage 1 per 2 sq ft and broccoli 1 per sq ft, in neighbouring squares. In rows, sage needs 18 in between plants.