Plants for the garden
Nasturtiums
The nasturtium gives off 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 lilac flowers are both a feast for the eyes and a fragrance experience for the senses. By the way, butterflies see it the same way and visit 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.
- If you don't value fruits, you can also plant the tomato in the shade.
- varied fencing for the vegetable patch
- different types available
French or runner beans
You have to boil the beans before you can enjoy them. You will soon have to put in a lot less effort fighting annoying flies.
- different types available (including for keeping in pots)
- high crop yield
Marigolds
The marigold feels just as well taken care of in the bed as it does 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.
- Marigolds have healing properties
Catnip
The catnip enriches your beds, the terrace or the balcony with numerous advantages:
- Cats love both the smell and the taste
- hardy plant
- beautiful purple bloom
- small and compact - ideal for keeping pots
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 classic 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 when they smell the marigold.
- optimal on the balcony
- colorful bloom
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