🍎 Apple Tree
Malus domestica
Tree
☀️ Sun
Full sun (6+ hours)
💧 Water
Moderate — 1 inch per week; drought-tolerant once established
🗺️ Zones
3–8 (variety dependent)
📏 Spacing
15–18 ft (standard); 5–10 ft (dwarf)
📐 Height
10–20 ft (dwarf to standard)
🧪 Soil pH
6.0–6.5
⏱️ Maturity
2–5 years to first fruit
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone
🤝 Companions (10)
Good companion — Apple Tree and Chives grow well together.
Good companion — Apple Tree and Garlic grow well together.
Good companion — Apple Tree and Nasturtium grow well together.
🤝 Chamomile
Good companion — Apple Tree and Chamomile grow well together.
Good companion — Apple Tree and Lavender grow well together.
Good companion — Apple Tree and Marigold grow well together.
🤝 Clover
Good companion — Apple Tree and Clover grow well together.
Good companion — Apple Tree and Hyssop grow well together.
🤝 Daffodil
Good companion — Apple Tree and Daffodil grow well together.
Good companion — Apple Tree and Tansy grow well together.
⚠️ Keep Apart (5)
Keep apart — these plants do not grow well together.
Keep apart — these plants do not grow well together.
Keep apart — these plants do not grow well together.
⚠️ Pepper
Keep apart — these plants do not grow well together.
⚠️ Grass (turf)
Keep apart — these plants do not grow well together.
📝 Growing Notes
Apple trees benefit enormously from companion planting — chives and garlic repel aphids and scab-causing fungi, while marigolds deter nematodes and nasturtiums act as trap crops for aphids. Avoid black walnut (juglone toxicity) and nightshades, which share blight diseases with apples.