This is how you keep the pesky insects away

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Plants for the garden

Nasturtiums

the Nasturtiums emits a scent that is a deterrent to flies. By contrast, their properties are very welcome among gardeners:

  • Suitable as a privacy screen
  • Showy flowers in different colors
  • Edible flowers
  • Rapid growth
  • Also grows in the shade

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lavender

The intense purple flowers are both a feast for the eyes and a fragrance experience for the senses. Butterflies By the way, see it the same way and visit the lavender quite often. But there are also these advantages:

  • grows in the rock garden, in the tub, in the bed and in the balcony box on the windowsill
  • loves the blazing sun
  • makes few demands on the soil

tomatoes

Small, red, tasty and ideal for chasing flies away.

  • Those who do not value fruits can tomato also plant in the shade.
  • varied fencing for the vegetable patch
  • different types available

French or runner beans

You have to bring the beans to the boil before you can eat them. You will soon have to put a lot less effort into fighting pesky flies.

  • different types available (including for keeping in pots)
  • high crop yield

Marigolds

Also the Marigold feels just as well cared for in the bed as it is as a cut flower in the vase. It does its job in any case: it keeps annoying mosquitoes away. In the bed it even attracts numerous useful insects at.

  • Marigolds have healing properties

Catnip

the Catnip enriches your flower beds, the terrace or the balcony with numerous advantages:

  • Cats love both the smell and the taste
  • hardy plant
  • beautiful purple flowers
  • small and compact - ideal for keeping in a bucket

Plants for the home

basil

Of course, you can also grow your basil in the garden. A big advantage, however, is that the herbal plant in the potty grows easily on the windowsill in closed rooms. For this reason, the basil is one of the most effective fly repellants for indoor use. Other useful properties are:

  • little maintenance effort
  • also suitable for culinary use

chives

Chives have similar benefits as the basil listed above. However, while the basil needs the sun, chives also feel good on windowsills facing north, i.e. in cool places.

Geraniums

Geraniums are the classics on the balcony. No wonder with the following properties:

  • colorful flowers
  • great biodiversity
  • very easy to care for

Marigold

Testing is above studying? Not with flies if they smell the marigold.

  • ideal on the balcony
  • colorful bloom