Plants which deter pests

Not only do I love the flavor but their grassy foliage and round flower heads also add so much interest to my garden. You can plant chives to repel Japanese beetles and carrot rust flies. It has also been said that chives will help prevent scab when planted among apple trees. Chrysanthemums — When I do use an insecticide I use one made from chrysanthemums called pyrethrum.

This all-natural pesticide can help control things like roaches, ticks, silverfish, lice, fleas, bedbugs, and I like to use it to control ants in certain parts of my garden. In the garden white flowering chrysanthemums are said to drive away Japanese beetles and C.

Dahlias — I have a renewed appreciation for these old fashioned favorites. Dahlias repel nematodes and the blooms are great for adding bold splashes of color to flower borders and fresh arrangements. Dill — I always find a place for this plant in my garden. Dill is best planted with cucumbers and onions. During the cool season I plant it with my lettuce. Dill attracts hoverflies and predatory wasps, and its foliage is used as food by swallowtail butterfly caterpillars. Tomato hornworms are also attracted to dill, so if you plant it at a distance, you can help draw these destructive insects away from your tomatoes.

Dill repels aphids and spider mites. I like to sprinkle dill leaves on my squash plant to repel squash bugs. However, because of its poisonous foliage rarely do they get to finish their meal. Garlic — I could write endlessly about garlic. I love the stuff. In addition to its great taste and health benefits, garlic planted near roses repels aphids. It also deters codling moths, Japanese beetles, root maggots, snails, and carrot root fly. Hyssop — This is another one of my favorite plants. Hyssop is great for attracting honeybees to the garden.

I just love its fresh scent and delicate blue blooms. Read other articles written by Keith Critchley. Not as much as you think! Phone: Fax: Send us a message: Click here. Monday: am — pm Tuesday: am — pm Wednesday: am — pm Thursday: am — pm Friday: am — pm Saturday: am — pm Sunday: Closed. To receive a free estimate, please fill out the form below and one of our representatives will contact you shortly.

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How Can We Help You? Which service s are you interested in? Tree Care. Outdoor Pest Service. Is it always necessary to use a spray, either bought or home-made? Just having certain plants in your garden can help repel insects or confuse them with their strong scent. If they are planted near susceptible plants they will contribute to keeping insects at bay. These two will deter pumpkin beetles when planted near cucurbits.

They also confuse white cabbage butterflies when planted near brassicas. A hedge growing around an onion patch will protect the onions from onion maggot. Planted randomly through a garden, marigold smell tends to confuse flying insects! Grow them amongst crops such as tomato to repel whitefly and soil nematodes, with carrots to deter carrot fly and with brassicas to mask their smell.

Between rows of beans, marigolds will deter spider mites and a range of beetles. Strongly scented lavenders will protect nearby plants from insects such as whitefly, and lavender planted under and near fruit trees can deter codling moth.

A hedge around onions will protect them from onion maggot, and lavenders planted near native plants can repel the moths that produce borer larvae. Remember though, that there is a weed species of lavender and this must be avoided. Lavandula stoechas Topped Lavender or French Lavender and its 40 odd cultivars is still allowed into Australia but it is subject to legislation in Victoria as a regionally prohibited and regionally controlled weed, proclaimed in the Victorian Government Gazette of 18 December www.

It is also a problem in many other areas, especially South Australia. Garlic has the ability to repel airborne and soilborne pests. It deters beetles, spider mites and fruit flies. The smell of garlic and other alliums confuses carrot fly and white cabbage butterfly. When planted amongst raspberry canes garlic will protect them from a variety of grubs.