Plants That Repel Insects

Having insects / pests in the garden can cause some plant diseases. Using beneficial bugs and plants is the best way to eliminate pests naturally from your garden. These natural ways maybe cannot kill the pests but they can repel insects / pests from your garden. 

Beneficial Plants that Repel Insects

You can plant some plants that repel insects / pests incorporating with other plants in your garden. There are so many flowers, herbs and even vegetables can be used as ideal repellents for insect pests. But not only that, some plants also can be used to repel other pests such as mice, slug and so on. So below are list of beneficial plants that repel insects and other pests:

1. Garlic plant can helps to repel insects such as nasty aphids and Japanese beetles. Not only that, when planted alongside onions, garlic plant also deters moles and mice.

2. Basil plant can repel flies and mosquitoes. Just try setting some basil plants around the porch or other outdoor areas.

3. Incorporating some rosemary and mint plants around the garden will discourage the egg-laying of many insects, such as the cabbage moth. You can try planting some mint and tansy plant around the house to get rid of ants.

4. Tansy plant is also good to repel insects such as Japanese beetles and mosquitoes at bay.

5. Chives and leeks can repel insects like the carrot fly and also can improve the overall health of garden plants.

6. Tomato and borage plants will fend off tomato hornworms, marigolds also can ward off some of harmful insects, such as nematodes and Japanese beetles.

7. Do you know spinach can deter pest too? Yes believe it or not, spinach plant is actually a deterrent for slugs.

8. Thyme plant is good also to repel insects like cabbageworms.

9. Pyrethrum painted daisies plants will help chase away the aphids. Just try planting this plants anywhere within the landscape.

10. Implementing plants that are labeled as pest-resistant in and around your garden is also a good way to ward off harmful insects. For example, you can try planting resistant varieties of azalea or rhododendron since this plant will repel insects such as weevils that are normally destructive to these shrubs.

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