These 8 Plants Keep Cockroaches and Flies Away from Our Homes

No matter how clean your house is, flies and cockroaches can invade it and turn into unwanted guests. Humidity, organic waste and heat encourage the proliferation of these insects in our homes.

Perhaps you can plant mosquito repellent plants in the garden or on your balcony which will also repel wasps. Here are the main ones.

1 – OFFICINAL SAGE

Sage is delicious in our culinary preparations, but planted in the garden, it also constitutes a good insecticide. Indeed, flies like other insects in general do not appreciate it unlike gourmets.

2 – LAVENDER

Lavender is a natural repellent against moths, fleas, flies and mosquitoes. Used for centuries for its anti-insect properties, lavender gives off a sweet and pleasant scent in the house, especially in clothes drawers and closets. Most people love the scent of lavender. But mosquitoes, flies and other unwanted insects hate it!

How to use it :

• To keep flies away from your house, make wreaths of dried lavender stems and place
• Near doors and on window sills.
• Likewise, plant lavender in sunny areas of the garden and near the entrances to your house.
• You can also use this lavender oil. Applied to the skin, it protects you from mosquitoes when you garden or spend time on your terrace.
• The other advantage is that lavender oil is known for its nourishing properties on the skin, as well as its calming effect to help you fall asleep more easily.

3 – BASIL

A classic ! Its scent, although so pleasant for us, is an excellent natural repellent against flies… who hate its smell.

In a pot or in a dried bouquet, place it near doors and windows. It’s truly THE all-in-one plant: insect repellent, anti-bacterial, anti-viral and edible, we love it!

4 – GARLIC

The garlic plant, one of the most used vegetables in cooking, is one of the most effective natural repellents and is particularly useful against cockroaches.

5 – LEMONSELLA

Lemongrass is a grass (Cymbopogon citratus), widely used in cooking by Asians. Its foliage gives off a strong lemony fragrance, well known for repelling the mosquitoes that disturb our summer evenings. But… the smell is exhaled from the foliage only when it is cut. The anti-mosquito effectiveness of lemongrass will therefore be almost zero if you just plant it around the places where you eat your meals in the evening!

You will need to chop a few leaves and place them on the table to repel mosquitoes or even wasps. Unfortunately these leaves are tough and sometimes sharp. You will therefore need to use pruning shears to cut them and never do this with your bare hands.

6 – MELISSA

Lemon balm is a perennial plant that gives off a strong lemony smell. It is known to repel ants and flies.

It is a very easy and interesting culture that can be used in other areas:

• In the kitchen, both for desserts and savory dishes;
• As a herbal tea to combat gastric disorders and sleep disorders.

7 – MINT

Useful against many insects, it is also advisable to favor peppermint or pennyroyal.

Uses

• Wardrobe moths: dry and in sachets.
• Ants: in fresh bouquets on their way.
• Flies: in pots on windows and in bouquets on doors.
• Mosquitoes: rubbed on arms, ankles and neck.
• Spiders: in fresh clusters hanging from the ceiling.
• Aphids, whiteflies, flea beetles or bedbugs: infusion to protect your vegetable garden.

8 – ROSEMARY

Rosemary is a very powerful natural repellent against flies, mosquitoes and many other insects. It can be planted in the ground or in a pot and placed almost anywhere to protect you, but also your plants.