Plants That Repel Pests

Plants that Repel Pests

There are a number of plants you can add to your garden that repel pests, like the garlic pictured above repels Japanese Beetles. These include:

* Basil – asparagus beetles, tomato heartworms and thrips
* Green Bean – Colorado potato beetles
* Nasturtium – Colorado potato beetles and squash bugs
* Tomato – asparagus beetles
* Wormwood – slugs
* Rue – aphids, cats, dogs, Japanese beetles, onion maggots, slugs and snails
* Anise – aphids, snails and slugs
* Borage – cabbage worms and tomato heart worms
* Sage – cabbage loopers, carrot flies, flea beetles, imported cabbage worms and tomato heart worms
* Thyme – cabbage loopers and white flies
* Radish – cowpea curculio, cucumber beetles, harlequin bugs, Mexican bean leaf beetles, squash bugs and stink bugs
* Garlic – aphids, cowpea curculio, flea beetles, Japanese beetles, Mexican been leaf beetles, root maggots, spider mites and squash vine borers
* Onion – bean leaf beetle, cabbage loopers, carrot flies, flea beetles, harlequin bugs, Mexican bean leaf beetles, mice, rabbits, spider mites and squash vine borers
* Potato – bean leaf beetles
* Turnip – bean leaf beetles and harlequin bugs
* Oleander – codling moths
* Catnip – aphids, corn earworms, cucumber beetles, flea beetles, Japanese beetles, squash bugs and mice
* Marigold – aphids, corn earworms, leaf hoppers, Mexican bean leaf beetles, rabbits, squash bugs, thrips and tomato heartworms
* Hyssop – imported cabbage worms
* Oregano – cabbage butterflies and cucumber beetles
* Rosemary – imported cabbage worms and slugs
* Dill – aphids, cabbage moths and spider mites
* Lavender – mice, mosquitoes, moths, rabbits and ticks
* Fennel – aphids, slugs, snails and spider mites
* Pennyroyal – ants
* Mint – ants, aphids, cucumber beetles, flea beetles, imported cabbage worms, rodents, squash bugs and white flies
* Tansy – ants, cucumber beetles, Japanese beetles and squash bugs
* Coriander/Cilantro – aphids, Colorado potato beetles and spider mites
* Horseradish – potato beetles
* Geranium – Japanese beetles, leaf hoppers
* Butterfly (white) Sage – asparagus beetles
* Larkspur – Japanese beetles
* Chives – aphids, Japanese beetles and spider mites
* Cloves – cowpea curculio, spider mites and squash vine borers
* Lettuce – carrot flies
* Petunia – leafhoppers, Mexican bean leaf beetles and squash bugs
* Parsley – asparagus beetles and carrot flies