The aim of this study was to determine the impact of the accompanying plants: sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) and white mustard (Synapis alba L.) on the energy and the ability of germination of broad bean (Vicia faba L.) seeds variety Bartek. In the experiment, the analyzed broad bean seeds were obtained from a field experiment, in which it had been grown along with two other plants in varying spacing (the distances between rows were 50, 65 and 80 cm) and in homogeneous cultivation (the distances between rows were 50 cm). Broad bean in a homogeneous cultivation served as a control. In addition, the broad bean seeds from homogeneous cultivation subjected to a standard protection by chemical insecticides were also analyzed. The measurement of the energy and ability of broad bean seeds germination was carried out in the laboratory conditions, in accordance with generally accepted standards. The morphological parameters of seedlings were also evaluated (the length of the root and the above ground parts and the number of the lateral roots longer than 2 mm). There was no significant influence of the neighbourhood of sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima L.) and white mustard (Synapis alba L.) on the germination energy and ability of broad bean seeds. The neighbourhood of sweet alyssum did not significantly affect the length of the primary root and the above-ground part of the broad bean seedlings and the number of the lateral roots. However the neighbourhood of the white mustard contributed to the increase of the length of aboveground part of seedlings, but only in the highest applied spacing of rows.