Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Dill
Anethum graveolens
Apiaceae
Cilantro
Coriandrum sativum
ApiaceaeCan you plant dill and cilantro together?
Yes. Dill and cilantro grow well together. Growing them together drew in pest-eating insects in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why dill and cilantro work together
Draws in pest-eating insects. In a field trial, growing them together drew in pest-eating insects.
Management of Flea Beetles Using Ecological Engineering in Vegetable Agroecosystem of Kashmir (Maqsood S · 2024 · Research Square)Same family, shared pests. Cilantro and dill are both in the Apiaceae family, so the same pests and diseases can move from one to the other.
Crop Rotation in the Vegetable Garden (Steil · 2025 · Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Yard and Garden)
What to plant with dill and cilantro
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
CabbageWith dill: 55% more harvestWith cilantro: 70% more harvest
Sweet cornWith dill: Recommended by garden charts, not testedWith cilantro: 42% more harvest
BeanWith dill: Fewer pestsWith cilantro: Recommended by garden charts
PepperWith dill: Draws in pest-eating insectsWith cilantro: Fewer pests
LettuceRecommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
What to keep away from dill and cilantro
CarrotWith dill: 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
Same family, shared pests and diseases. Both in Apiaceae: often susceptible to the same diseases and insects. Source: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Yard and Garden
Research
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1 paper found: 1 positive, 0 negative.
natural enemies
auto-classified not reviewed by a person
Yield trial
No intercropping yield trial.
Good neighbours
What happens above and below ground
Each animation illustrates a mechanism a study reported for this pair. Pick a card to focus on it.
Everything at once.
Companion plants for both dill and cilantro
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With dill | With cilantro |
|---|---|---|
| Cabbage | Draws in pest-eating insects and lures pests away55% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 3 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for dill and cabbage | Draws in pest-eating insects70% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 7 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and cabbage |
| Sweet corn | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for dill and corn | 42% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cilantro and corn |
| Bean | Fewer pests, better soil and nutrient uptake and bigger combined harvestField trial, 5 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for dill and beans | No effect on pest-eating insectsField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and beans |
| Pepper | Draws in pest-eating insectsField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for dill and peppers | Fewer pests and draws in pest-eating insectsField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cilantro and peppers |
Harvest from the same space compares a bed with both crops against the same area split into single-crop beds, counting the harvest of both crops (the land equivalent ratio in yield trials).
Recommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
The evidence, with sources
- Goodnatural enemiesfield trialauto-classifiedManagement of Flea Beetles Using Ecological Engineering in Vegetable Agroecosystem of KashmirManagement of Flea Beetles Using Ecological Engineering in Vegetable Agroecosystem of Kashmir (Maqsood S · 2024 · Research Square)Relevance 85% · effect confidence 75%
- Both in Apiaceae: often susceptible to the same diseases and insectsCrop Rotation in the Vegetable Garden (Steil · 2025 · Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Yard and Garden)
All neighbours of dill and of cilantro, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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