Plant |
Image | Pests
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Artemisias |
 | repels insects,[2] including ants, cabbage looper, cabbage maggot, carrot fly, codling moth, flea beetles, whiteflies, the Cabbage White, and the Small White, as well as mice[3] |
Basil |
 | repels flies, including mosquitoes[2][4] the carrot fly, asparagus beetles and whiteflies[3] |
Borage |
 | repels tomato hornworm and cabbage worms[2] |
Castor bean |
 | repels moles[3] |
Catnip |
 | repels ants, flea beetles, aphids, the Japanese beetle, squash bugs, weevils,[2] the Colorado potato beetle, the cabbage looper,[3] and cockroaches.[4] May attract cats. |
Chamomile |
 | repels flying insects[4] |
Chives |
 | repels carrot fly, Japanese beetle,[2] and aphids[3] |
Chrysanthemums |
 | repel roaches, ants, the Japanese beetle, ticks, silverfish, lice, fleas, bedbugs, and root-knot nematodes[2] |
Citronella grass |
 | repels insects, may deter cats[5] |
Clovers |
 | repel aphids and wireworms[3] |
Common lantana |
 | repels mosquitoes[1] |
Coriander |
 | repels aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and spider mites[3] |
Cosmos |
 | repel the corn earworm |
Crown imperial |
 | repel rabbits, mice, moles, voles and ground squirrels[6] |
Dahlias |
 | repel nematodes[2] |
Dill |
 | repels aphids, squash bugs, spider mites,[2] the cabbage looper, and the Small White[3] |
Epazote |
 |
repels spider mites,[7] thrips, aphids, and whitefly[8] |
Eucalyptus |
 | repels aphids, the cabbage looper, and the Colorado potato beetle[3] |
Fennel |
 | repels aphids, slugs, and snails[3] |
Lantana ukambensis |
| repels mosquitoes[1] |
Four o'clocks |
 | attract and poison the Japanese beetle[2] |
French marigold |
 | repels whiteflies, kills nematodes[2] |
Garlic |
 | repels root maggots,[2] cabbage looper, Mexican bean beetle, and peach tree borer. |
Geranium |
 | repel leafhoppers, the corn earworm, and the Small White[3] |
Hyssop |
 | repels the cabbage looper and the Small White[3] |
Larkspurs |
 | repel aphids[3] |
Lavender |
 | repels moths, scorpions, water scorpions, fleas, and flies, including mosquitoes[4] |
Leek |
 | repels carrot fly[3] |
Lemongrass |
 | repels mosquitoes[9] |
Lemon balm |
 | repels mosquitoes[4] |
Lemon thyme |
 | repels mosquitoes[4] |
Lettuce |
 | repels carrot fly[3] |
Lime basil |
 | repels mosquitoes[1] |
Mexican marigold |
 | repels insects and rabbits[2] |
Myrrh |
 | repels insects[5] |
Narcissus |
 | repel moles[3] |
Nasturtiums |
 | repel squash bugs,[2] aphids (though there is conflicting information with some sources stating it attracts aphids),[10] many beetles, and the cabbage looper[3] |
Onion |
 | repels rabbits, the cabbage looper, and the Small White[3] |
Oregano |
 | repellent to many pests[3] |
Parsley |
 | repels asparagus beetles[3] |
Peppermint |
 | repels aphids, cabbage looper, flea beetles, squash bugs, whiteflies, and the Small White[3] |
Petunias |
 | repel aphids, tomato hornworm, asparagus beetles, leafhoppers,[2] and squash bugs[3] |
Pitcher plants |
 | traps and ingests insects |
Radish |
 | repels cabbage maggot and cucumber beetles[3] |
Rosemary |
 | repels cabbage looper, carrot fly, cockroaches and mosquitoes,[11] slugs, snails, as well as the Mexican bean beetle[3] |
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,[4] aphids, squash bugs, and the cabbage looper[3] |
Spiny amaranth |
 | repels cutworms |
Stone root |
 | repels mosquitoes[5] |
Summer savory |
 | repels bean beetles[3] |
Tansy |
 | repels ants, many beetles and flies, squash bugs, cutworms, Small White, and Cabbage White[3] |
Thyme |
 | repels cabbage looper, cabbage maggot, corn earworm, whiteflies, tomato hornworm, and Small White |
Tobacco |
 | repels carrot fly, flea beetles and worms.[3] |
Tomato |
 | repels asparagus beetles[3] |
Venus flytrap |
 | ingests insects[4] |