Feverfew blooms midsummer through fall.
Many herbs and spices have culinary and medicinal uses and can repel insects in the garden. Growing specific perennial herbs can repel moths, flies, beetles and ants. Easy-to-grow herbs are beautiful and offer inviting fragrances. Most do double duty, since they can be enjoyed in teas, dried for culinary use or grown next to other vegetables to enhance their flavors. Does this Spark an idea?
Feverfew
Feverfew can be grown in pots.
Feverfew is a perennial herb in the daisy family. According to All Nature Online, dried feverfew flower buds have the same properties as pyrethrum, which is used in insecticides. Spray feverfew tea in the garden as a natural insect control spray, as recommended by Growing Raw Online.
Lemon Basil
Lemon basil planted next to tomatoes can improve their taste.
Lemon basil is an aromatic herb that is used in culinary applications. When planted in a garden, lemon basil keeps away harmful insects such as white flies. The scent is thought to confuse bugs that are looking for their favorite vegetable. Lemon basil is also a companion plant. If planted next to other vegetables, it can encourage pollination. Lemon basil looks attractive in a garden and is easy to grow from cuttings.
Peppermint
Make a tea from crushed peppermint leaves to spray on infested plants.
Grown in gardens, peppermint can repel ants, aphids, flea beetles, squash bugs, white flies, cabbage lopers and cabbage worms, according to Home Grown Texas Online. Plant peppermint near areas that are susceptible to insects or make a tea with peppermint leaves or peppermint herb tea bags and spray it on your garden as an insect repellent.
Sage
Ancient Greeks and Romans first used sage to preserve meat.
Sage comes from a Latin word that means, "to heal," according to "The Healing Herbs." Sage is helpful in the garden when it is planted as a companion to cabbage. It improves the taste of cabbage and can repel cabbage worms and moths. Sage should be replaced every three or four years as plants become less productive. Mulch sage in the fall if your winter temperature zones fall below zero.
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