Brace yourself for a flurry of fun with this roundup of the best snow puns and snow jokes!
01.08.2024 - 14:05 / balconygardenweb.com / Editorial Team
If you detest using chemicals to repel insects and other unwanted visitors in your garden, try these pest-resistant flowers. They not only remain pest-free but also save other plants from infestation. These beautiful blooms resist pesky bugs through their fragrance, colors, and essential compounds. Let’s explore!
Botanical Name: Tagetes
The unassuming and abundant marigold is an excellent defender against pests! A member of the aster family, its blooms are bright, bold, and edible. However, pests hate the strong, musky scent of its fiery flowers and crushed foliage. These blooms resist multiple pests apart from nematodes, while their sap and thorns also keep bigger animals like deer at bay!
Check out varieties like Signet Marigold, which are particularly strong-scented for this purpose.
Botanical Name: Lavandula
Lavender packs it all in its petite frame! Its showy purple blooms are fragrant and edible, essential in lending aroma and flavor to many cuisines. Culinary lavender has less oil than aromatic lavender, which is used in soaps and perfumes.
Its scent comes from the essential oil it contains, which is also a natural insecticide. So, various creatures, from moths, fleas, and flies to rabbits and deer, steer clear of it!
Botanical Name: Lantana camara
Next on the list of best pest-resistant flowers is Lantana. This perennial shrub can grow up to six feet tall, especially in its native regions of West Indies and Mexico. Producing colorful clusters of spherical blooms, even its rough, round leaves are fragrant.
With a high concentration of methanol in its leaves, this pest repellant is so potent that some even place its twigs in rice containers to prevent bugs from entering. However, this plant is notoriously weedy and toxic if
Brace yourself for a flurry of fun with this roundup of the best snow puns and snow jokes!
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The colder months of the year take away the blooms of most plants, but not all! Instead of waiting till spring and summer for sunny blossoms, we suggest you grow these flowers in August for a spectacular display of blooms in fall!