Can you plant garlic and chives together?

Yes, with care. Garlic and chives are close relatives: both are in the Amaryllidaceae family, so they share pests and diseases. Nothing we found says they help or harm each other beyond that.

What to watch for

Same family, shared pests. Chives and garlic are both in the Amaryllidaceae 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 garlic and chives

Good neighbours of both, best tested first.

TomatoWith garlic: Recommended by garden charts, not testedWith chives: Fewer pests

How each one was tested, with the evidence

What to keep away from garlic and chives

AsparagusWith garlic: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
BeanWith chives: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
PeaWith chives: 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 Amaryllidaceae: often susceptible to the same diseases and insects. Source: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Yard and Garden

Tradition

No chart mentions this pair.

Research

No papers found on this pair.

Yield trial

No intercropping yield trial.

Same family, careful

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 garlic and chives

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

Plant	With garlic	With chives
Tomato	No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for garlic and tomatoes	Fewer pests and less diseaseField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for chives and tomatoes

The evidence, with sources

Same familyShares pests1 entry

Both in Amaryllidaceae: often susceptible to the same diseases and insects
Crop Rotation in the Vegetable Garden (Steil · 2025 · Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Yard and Garden)

Plan a bed with garlic and chives

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

Have you grown garlic and chives together?

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