Can you plant asparagus and garlic together?

Charts say no. Nobody has tested asparagus with garlic, as far as we could find. The chart entry we found cites no source.

Why we can't give a firm answer

Garden charts advise against it. 1 garden chart entry says to keep them apart. It cites no source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)

What to plant with asparagus and garlic

Good neighbours of both, best tested first.

TomatoRecommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet

How each one was tested, with the evidence

What to keep away from asparagus and garlic

PotatoWith asparagus: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
OnionWith asparagus: Garden charts advise against it, not tested

The evidence in detail

For readers who want to dig in: every chart entry, study and yield trial behind the answer above, with the numbers.

Tradition, research and yield trials

Tradition

Bad

avoidgood

1 chart entry: 0 recommend, 1 advise against.

0 cited, 1 uncited.

Research

No papers found on this pair.

Yield trial

No intercropping yield trial.

Untested folklore

Companion plants for both asparagus and garlic

Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.

Recommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet

Tomato

The evidence, with sources

TraditionBad1 entry

Badadvises against
Asparagus: avoid garlic
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)

Plan a bed with asparagus and garlic

All neighbours of asparagus and of garlic, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.

Have you grown asparagus and garlic together?

Tell other gardeners what happened: spacing, pests, harvest, or ask a question. Reader notes are not checked by us and do not change the verdicts on this page.