comfrey, butter cup, and any umbelliferous plants you like. The comfrey can simply be cut and turned into a tea with the buttercup. The unbelliferous plants attract good bugs. If you have the capacity to do so you can always add a layer of deciduous wood chips innocculated with 'garden giant' or other wood loving fungi who would appreciate the shade...
Comfrey
I can't find the data on buttercup (3 burnt out harddrives since I last looked into it) but it's a good blend with comfrey in a tea and will not bother your canes at all. Just don't let it escape its moist tender home in partial shade under your crop! As far as the umbelliferous plants go..it's your choice, plant as many or as least as you like. Don't let the fennel go to seed if your above Zone 6 though...the stuffs a gnarly weed.