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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