It seems winter has arrived again, or maybe just decided that she wasn’t quite as tired as she thought. But despite the cold weather spring is in every gardener’s heart, a couple weeks ago a sweet lady asked if we had any suggestions on companion planting with herbs that repel bugs so with no further adieu, our favorite insect repelling herbs.
Related Article: Companion Planting Part 3
- Anise – Slugs
- Basil – Flies
- Borage – Tomato Horn Worm
- Chives – aphids, carrot rust fly, Japanese beetles, caterpillars
- Cilantro – aphids, potato bugs, spider mites, grasshoppers
- Catnip – Weevils
- Cloves – Squash bugs
- Calendula – Grasshoppers, potato bugs
- Dill – attracts wasps that eat caterpillars, repels aphids and spider mites
- Fennel – Slugs
- Garlic – aphids whiteflies, Japanese beetles, squash bugs, caterpillars, leaf miners, asparagus beetle
- Horehound – Potato Bugs, grasshoppers
- Horse Radish – Potato Bugs
- Hyssop – Aphids
- Lemon Tyme – Gnats
- Lavender – Ticks, ants, gnats,
- Lemon Grass – Squash bugs
- Oregano- White moth
- Peppermint – Cabbage root fly, ants
- Rosemary – Bean beetle, slugs, white moth, bean beetle, cabbage root fly
- Rue – Flies, slugs
- Sage – Cabbage Moth, carrot rust flies, ants, white moths, squash bugs, cabbage root fly,
- Tyme – cabbage root fly, cabbage worms
- Tansy – White moth, ants
Keep an eye out for our favorite flowers that repel bugs!
