Herbs that help ward off insects

Many gardeners prefer to not use chemicals on their gardens. Its long been know by avid gardeners that planting certain varieties of herbs along side other plants... helps to ward off damaging insects.

Below is a list of insects... along with the herbs that help to repel them.

Insect	Herbs to use
All insects	Santolina
Ants	Mints or Wormwood
Aphids	Catnip, Chives, Coriander, Fennel, Garlic, Mints, Mustard and Nasturtium
Beetles	Basil, Parsley and Wormwood
Cabbage maggots	Garlic, Sage and Wormwood
Codling moth	Garlic and Wormwood
Cucumber beetles	Catnip and Nasturtium
Mosquitoes and gnats	Basil, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Lemon, Mints, Lemon Thyme, Mugwort, and Santolina
Potato beetle	Catnip, Coriander, Nasturtium
Peach borer	Garlic
Slugs and Snails	Fennel, Garlic and Rosemary
Spider mites	Coriander
Squash bug	Catnip, Mints, Nasturtium and Tansy
Tomato worms	Basil and Dill
Whiteflies	Mint, Nasturtium, Thyme and Wormwood

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