 | BASIL: Helps to repel fruit fly and improves the quality of tomatoes. Repels the
house fly. |
| BORAGE: Attracts bees - planted near strawberries it helps promote a heavier crop. |
| CALENDULA: Helps control nematodes. Beneficial to rose trees. Repels white fly.
Attracts bees. |
| CHAMOMILE: Repels flies and midges (Useful in the compost heap). Improves crop size in
onions. |
| CHIVES: Plant under roses to help prevent aphis attack. |
| DILL: Bees attracted to flowers and other useful insects. Helps repel cabbage
moth. |
| FENNEL: Attracts bees. Repels fleas so can be used for cats and dogs washes and
around their sleeping areas. It is NOT liked by tomatoes or beans. |
| GARLIC: Companion to roses. |
| HYSSOP: Companion to grapes. Liked by cabbage moth, could be used as lure. |
| LAVENDER: Repels most insects but flowers attract bees. |
| LEMON BALM: Companion to all vegetables. |
| MINTS: Deters cabbage moth, ants, aphis, fleas, flies and mozzies. Pennyroyal can
be rubbed onto skin to stop those mozzies biting while you garden. Good for pets too. Has
to be used often though. |
| NASTURTIUM: Repels aphis and ants and promotes a healthy garden. |
| PARSLEY: Beneficial to roses and tomatoes. |
| ROSEMARY: Beneficial to carrots, repels carrot root fly |
| RUE: Repels the house fly. |
| SAGE: Deters cabbage moth |
| THYME: Attracts bees. Repels root fly. |
| WORMWOOD: Repels most flying insects, snakes. |
| YARROW: Good companion to all vegetables and herbs. A compost activator. |
