Companion Plants are a great first defense against pesky little bugs.

Why not use beneficial plants to beautify and keep away the bugs and pest? Some of these are even edible.

Here are a few plants to add to your flowers beds and vegetable gardens.

PLANT Insects and Pest Deterred Plant Near
Asters Most insects Sunflowers

Around the garden too

Perennial

Basil Flies and Mosquitoes

Carrot fly, asparagus beetle, white flies

Tomatoes

 

Avoid planting near Rue

Catnip Mosquitoes, ants, cockroaches

Flea beetles, spittlebugs, squash bugs, potato beetle, cabbage looper, Japanese beetles, weevils

May attract cats, but they may help keep the rabbits out.

All vegetables

Perennial, spreads underground, best planted in pots or contained beds.

Celery White cabbage butterfly Leek, tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, bush beans
Chrysanthemum roaches, ants, ticks, lice, fleas, Japanese beetles, root-knot nematodes Tomatoes

Avoid planting near lettuce

Eggplant Colorado potato beetle Green beans, lettuce
Garlic Japanese beetle, aphids, other insects and blight Tomato, eggplant, cabbage

Avoid planting near peas beans, and other legumes

Geranium scented – Citronella Mosquitoes Annual in warm climates, Perennial in cold climates.
Horsemint – (Bee balm) Mosquitoes

Attracts:

Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees

Perennial, spreads underground, best planted in pots or contained beds.
Horseradish Potato bug Potato

 

Lavender Mosquitoes, flies, fleas, moths Perennial, Plant a long decks and porches or as a boarder to your vegetable garden.
Lemongrass Mosquitoes, flies, ticks, ants, gnats Perennial in zones 10 and 11.  Annual in cold climates.
Marigold Mosquitoes and

Nearly all insects including Mexican bean beetles and nematodes

Roses

Potato, Tomato, Pepper, Eggplant

Annual

Mint Ants, cabbage moth Cabbage, tomato

Perennial, spreads underground, best planted in pots or contained beds.

Nasturtium Aphids, squash bugs, striped pumpkin beetles, white flies Beans, cabbage, cucumber

Annual in cold climates

Onion (family) Most pests, Colorado potato beetle, carrot rust flies Most vegetables except peas, beans, sage
Petunia Bean pests, Mexican bean beetles, potato bugs, squash bugs Beans, squash, potato

Annual

Peppermint White cabbage butterfly Beans, carrot, cucumber, kohlrabi, parsnip, onion, squash

Perennial, spreads underground, best planted in pots or contained beds.

Rosemary Mosquitoes, slugs, snails, cockroaches

Cabbage looper, carrot fly, Mexican bean beetle

Beans, cabbage, carrot

Annual in cold climates, unless grown in pots so they can winter indoors.

Sage Cabbage moth, carrot fly Plant with perennial vegetables.

Avoid planting with cucumbers

Perennial in zones 5-8.

Spearmint Fleas,  moths, ants, beetles, aphids, squash bugs, cabbage looper Perennial, spreads underground, best planted in pots or contained beds.
Tansy Mosquitoes, moths, flies, mice, ants, cockroaches

Japanese beetles, striped cucumber beetles, squash bugs, cutworms

Door ways

Squash, potato

Avoid planting near collard

Perennial, spreads underground, best planted in pots or contained beds.

Thyme Cabbage worm Eggplant, cabbage, potato, tomato, almost all vegetables and herbs

Perennial

Tomato Asparagus beetle Asparagus, dill

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