| Artemisias |
repels insects, including ants, cabbage looper, cabbage maggot, carrot fly, codling moth, flea beetles, whiteflies, the Cabbage White, and the Small White, as well as mice |
| Basil |
repels flies, including mosquitoes the carrot fly, asparagus beetles and whiteflies |
| Borage |
repels tomato hornworm and cabbage worms |
| Castor bean |
repels moles |
| Catnip |
repels ants, flea beetles, aphids, the Japanese beetle, squash bugs, weevils, the Colorado potato beetle, the cabbage looper, and cockroaches. May attract cats. |
| Chamomile |
repels flying insects |
| Chives |
repels carrot fly, Japanese beetle, and aphids |
| Chrysanthemums |
repel roaches, ants, the Japanese beetle, ticks, silverfish, lice, fleas, bedbugs, and root-knot nematodes stories
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| Citronella grass |
repels insects, may deter cats |
| Clovers |
repel aphids and wireworms |
| Common lantana |
repels mosquitoes |
| Coriander |
repels aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and spider mites |
| Cosmos |
repel the corn earworm |
| Crown imperial |
repel rabbits, mice, moles, voles and ground squirrels |
| Dahlias |
repel nematodes |
| Dill |
repels aphids, squash bugs, spider mites, the cabbage looper, and the Small White |
| Epazote |
repels spider mites, thrips aphids, and whitefly |
| Eucalyptus |
repels aphids, the cabbage looper, and the Colorado potato beetle |
| Fennel |
repels aphids, slugs, and snails |
| Fever tea |
repels mosquitoes |
| Four o'clock |
attract and poison the Japanese beetle |
| French marigold |
repels whiteflies, kills nematodes |
| Garlic |
repels root maggots, cabbage looper, Mexican bean beetle, and peach tree borer. |
| Geraniums |
repel leafhoppers, the corn earworm, and the Small White |
| Hyssop |
repels the cabbage looper and the Small White |
| Larkspurs |
repel aphids |
| Lavender |
repels moths, scorpions, water scorpions, fleas, and flies, including mosquitoes |
| Leek |
repels carrot fly |
| Lemongrass |
repels mosquitoes |
| Lemon balm |
repels mosquitoes |
| Lemon thyme |
repels mosquitoes |
| Lettuce |
repels carrot fly |
| Lime basil |
repels mosquitoes |
| Mexican marigold |
repels insects and rabbits |
| Myrrh |
repels insects |
| Narcissus |
repel moles |
| Nasturtiums |
repel squash bugs, aphids (though there is conflicting information with some sources stating it attracts aphids), many beetles, and the cabbage looper |
| Onion |
repels rabbits, the cabbage looper, and the Small White |
| Oregano |
repellent to many pests |
| Parsley |
repels asparagus beetles |
| Peppermint |
repels aphids, cabbage looper, flea beetles, squash bugs, whiteflies, and the Small White |
| Petunias |
repel aphids, tomato hornworm, asparagus beetles, leafhoppers, and squash bugs |
| Pitcher plants |
traps and ingests insects |
| Radish |
repels cabbage maggot and cucumber beetles |
| Rosemary |
repels cabbage looper, carrot fly, cockroaches and mosquitoes, slugs, snails, as well as the Mexican bean beetle |
| Russian sage |
repels wasps |
| Rue |
repels cucumber and flea beetles |
| Sarracenia pitcher plants |
are especially proficient at trapping yellowjacket wasps |
| Spearmint |
repels fleas, moths, ants, beetles, rodents, aphids, squash bugs, and the cabbage looper |
| Spiny amaranth |
repels cutworms |
| Stone root |
repels mosquitoes |
| Summer savory |
repels bean beetles |
| Tansy |
repels ants, many beetles and flies, squash bugs, cutworms, Small White, and Cabbage White |
| Thyme |
repels cabbage looper, cabbage maggot, corn earworm, whiteflies, tomato hornworm, and Small White |
| Tobacco |
repels carrot fly, flea beetles and worms. |
| Tomato |
repels asparagus beetles |
| Venus flytrap |
ingests insects |
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