List of pest-repelling plants

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This list of pest-repelling plants includes plants used for their ability to repel insects, nematodes, and other pests. They have been used in companion planting as pest control in agricultural and garden situations, and in households.

Certain plants have shown effectiveness as topical repellents for haematophagous insects, such as the use of lemon eucalyptus sourced P-Menthane-3,8-diol, but incomplete research and misunderstood applications can produce variable results.[1]

The essential oils of many plants are also well known for their pest-repellent properties. Oils from the families Lamiaceae (mints), Poaceae (true grasses), and Pinaceae (pines) are common haematophagous insect repellents worldwide.[1]

Table of pest-repelling plants

Plants that can be planted or used fresh to repel pests include:

Plant Image Pests
Artemisias File:Artemisia californica01.jpg 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 File:BasilikumGenovesergroßblättriger.jpg repels flies, including mosquitoes[2][4] the carrot fly, asparagus beetles and whiteflies[3]
Borage File:Flora della Sardegna 145 (4).JPG repels tomato hornworm and cabbage worms[2]
Castor bean File:Castor beans1.jpg repels moles[3]
Catnip File:Die Katzenminze lat. Nepeta 05.jpg 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 File:Matricaria chamomilla (44223003701).jpg repels flying insects[4]
Chives File:Allium schoenoprasum19794237.jpg repels carrot fly, Japanese beetle,[2] and aphids[3]
Chrysanthemums File:Chrysanthemum x grandiflorum 03.jpg repel roaches, ants, the Japanese beetle, ticks, silverfish, lice, fleas, bedbugs, and root-knot nematodes[2]
Citronella grass File:Citronella (Cymbopogon nardus) 1.jpg repels insects, may deter cats[5]
Clovers File:Trifolium repens macro.jpg repel aphids and wireworms[3]
Common lantana File:.00 3681 Wandelröschen (Lantana camara).jpg repels mosquitoes[1]
Coriander File:Coriandrum sativum 002.JPG repels aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and spider mites[3]
Cosmos File:Cosmos bipinnatus1.jpg repel the corn earworm
Crown imperial File:Nature of Iran Travel from Shiraz to Isfahan, Iran (41249734141).jpg repel rabbits, mice, moles, voles and ground squirrels[6]
Dahlias File:Dahlia tenuicaulis - San Francisco Botanical Garden - DSC00015.JPG repel nematodes[2]
Dill File:Dille.jpg repels aphids, squash bugs, spider mites,[2] the cabbage looper, and the Small White[3]
Epazote File:Dysphania ambrosioides kz02.jpg repels spider mites,[7] thrips, aphids, and whitefly[8]
Eucalyptus File:Eucalyptus flowers2.jpg repels aphids, the cabbage looper, and the Colorado potato beetle[3]
Fennel File:Foeniculum vulgare A.jpg repels aphids, slugs, and snails[3]
Lantana ukambensis repels mosquitoes[1]
Four o'clocks File:Marvel-of-peru 1.jpg attract and poison the Japanese beetle[2]
French marigold File:French marigold garden 2009 G1.jpg repels whiteflies, kills nematodes[2]
Garlic File:Allium ursinum (Wild Garlic).jpg repels root maggots,[2] cabbage looper, Mexican bean beetle, and peach tree borer.
Geranium File:Geranium Brutium 01.JPG repel leafhoppers, the corn earworm, and the Small White[3]
Hyssop File:Hyssopus officinalis 3c.JPG repels the cabbage looper and the Small White[3]
Larkspurs File:Delphinium cv3.jpg repel aphids[3]
Lavender File:Bees And Lavender (122278569).jpeg repels moths, scorpions, water scorpions, fleas, and flies, including mosquitoes[4]
Leek File:Mystery variegated plant (15235908647).jpg repels carrot fly[3]
Lemongrass File:Cymbopogon schoenanthus.jpg repels mosquitoes[9]
Lemon balm File:Melissa officinalis, 2020-07-11, Beechview, 02.jpg repels mosquitoes[4]
Lemon thyme File:Starr 070906-8846 Thymus citriodorus.jpg repels mosquitoes[4]
Lettuce File:Romaine lettuce J2.jpg repels carrot fly[3]
Lime basil File:Ocimum americanum-2428 - Flickr - Ragnhild & Neil Crawford.jpg repels mosquitoes[1]
Mexican marigold File:Tagete erecta.jpg repels insects and rabbits[2]
Myrrh File:Myrrh-20180430.jpg repels insects[5]
Narcissus File:Narcissus papyraceus, Paperwhite Narcissus.jpg repel moles[3]
Nasturtiums File:Nasturtium-Tropaeolum.jpg 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 File:Onion crop.jpg repels rabbits, the cabbage looper, and the Small White[3]
Oregano File:Ruhland, Grenzstr. 3, Faulbaum-Bläuling Weibchen auf Oregano-Blüten, Sommer, 03.jpg repellent to many pests[3]
Parsley File:Parsley bush.jpg repels asparagus beetles[3]
Peppermint File:Pfefferminze natur peppermint.jpg repels aphids, cabbage looper, flea beetles, squash bugs, whiteflies, and the Small White[3]
Petunias File:Petunia 02.jpg repel aphids, tomato hornworm, asparagus beetles, leafhoppers,[2] and squash bugs[3]
Pitcher plants File:Kinabalu Mesilau N. rajah upper pitcher plant 2 new.jpg traps and ingests insects
Radish File:Radish.jpg repels cabbage maggot and cucumber beetles[3]
Rosemary File:Rosemary in bloom.JPG repels cabbage looper, carrot fly, cockroaches and mosquitoes,[11] slugs, snails, as well as the Mexican bean beetle[3]
Russian sage File:Perovskia atriplicifolia 3.jpg repels wasps
Rue File:Ruta graveolens3.jpg repels cucumber and flea beetles
Sarracenia pitcher plants File:Sarracenia leucophylla at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (81396).jpg are especially proficient at trapping yellowjacket wasps
Spearmint File:Lamiaceae Mentha spicata 1.jpg repels fleas, moths, ants, beetles, rodents,[4] aphids, squash bugs, and the cabbage looper[3]
Spiny amaranth File:Amaranthus spinosus (3098038658).jpg repels cutworms
Stone root File:Collinsonia canadensis SCA-4392.jpg repels mosquitoes[5]
Summer savory File:Satureja hortensis bgiu.jpg repels bean beetles[3]
Tansy File:Tansy-حشيشة الدود الشائعة.jpg repels ants, many beetles and flies, squash bugs, cutworms, Small White, and Cabbage White[3]
Thyme File:Wild thyme, Chapel Hill - geograph.org.uk - 2502840.jpg repels cabbage looper, cabbage maggot, corn earworm, whiteflies, tomato hornworm, and Small White
Tobacco File:0281Tobacco fields in Laoac, Pangasinan 06.jpg repels carrot fly, flea beetles and worms.[3]
Tomato File:Tomato2 002.jpg repels asparagus beetles[3]
Venus flytrap File:Venus flytrap - Dionaea muscipula - panoramio.jpg ingests insects[4]

References

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See also

Pelargonium citrosum

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