List of repellent plants

This is a list of repellent plants. These are plants which repel insects, plants, or other pests like nematodes, fungi, or animals through natural organic chemical means.

General insects

Ants

• Pennyroyal
• Spearmint
• Southernwood
• Tansy

Aphids

• Anise
• Chives
• Coriander
• Garlic
• Nasturtium
• Pennyroyal
• Petunia
• Spearmint
• Southernwood
• Tansy

Asparagus beetle

• Tomato

Cabbage maggot

• Hemp
• Mint
• Tomato
• Rosemary
• Sage

Cabbage Moth

• Catnip
• Celery
• Hemp
• Hyssop
• Nasturtium
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Southernwood
• Thyme
• Wormwood

Carrot fly

• Black salsify
• Coriander
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Salsify
• Wormwood

Chinch bug

• Soybean

Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

• Dead nettle
• Flax
• Green beans
• Horseradish

Cucumber beetle

• Radish
• Tansy

Japanese beetle

• Garlic
• Pelargonium geraniums
• Larkspur, Rue
• Tansy

Leafhopper

• Pelargonium geraniums
• Petunia

Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis

• Marigold
• Petunia
• Potato
• Rosemary
• Summer Savory

Plum curculio

• Garlic

Rose chafer

• Pelargonium geraniums
• Onion
• Petunia

Squash bug

• Nasturtium
• Petunia

Striped pumpkin beetle

• Nasturtium

Whitefly

• Marigold
• Nasturtium
• Nicandra (Peruvian Ground Cherry.)

Wireworm

• White Mustard

Moths and their larvae

Cutworm

• Tansy

Fruit Tree Moth

• Southernwood

Tomato hornworm

• Borage
• Marigold
• Opal Basil

Parasitic pests

Eelworm

• French & African Marigold

Mites

• Chives
• Garlic
• Onion

Nematode

• Asparagus
• Dahlia
• Calendula, French & African Marigold, Salvis

Slugs & Snails

• Prostrate Rosemary
• Wormwood

Mammals

Moles

• Castor bean
• Mole plant
• Spurge
• Squill.

Gopher

• Castor Bean

Mice

• Mint
• Neem cake

Rabbit

• Allium Family
• Neem cake

See also

• List of pest-regulating plants
• List of beneficial weeds
• List of companion plants
• Ecologic pesticides and herbicides - (Herbicidal/pesticidal extracts created from these plants and how they are made)

• Green Pest Management
• Integrated pest management

References

• Roger B. Yepsen, Jr,. Organic Plant Protection (1976)