Best Plants for Repelling Ticks and Fleas Naturally

Photo credit: bigstock.com

7. Chamomile

Another plant that does more than its share of work. Chamomile leaves and flowers can be dried for a calming cup of tea. It’s also great at repelling fleas and ticks, but flies as well. This plant has dainty, daisy like little flowers, so it’s cute to have around. If this were not enough, for some reason, chamomile keeps other plants in your garden healthy and happy. An old family remedy for a sick plant or tree is to plant chamomile next to the ailing plant or around the sick tree.

8. Sage

Another beautiful plant that does double duty. With long spiky flowers in a velvety purple and white, this plant looks pretty and you can dry the leaves and use them to make tea or put them in your cooking dishes. It can grow up to three feet tall, but you can always trim it back if it gets too unruly. Oh, yes, it also repels those ugly fleas and ticks!

9. Lemon Grass

Another beautiful plant that you can place next to your lavender or citronella grass. It has many medicinal uses as well as naturally repelling fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes. Yes, it really does smell like lemon, which makes this heavenly when planted next to windows so you can enjoy the smell day and night.

10. Chrysanthemum

Sometimes simply referred to as mums, these beautifully flowering plants that come in a wide variety of styles and colors are perfect for the lazy gardener. Plant them once. They will bloom in the summer, and then die back in the fall. Trim them to the ground, cover them with mulch in late fall, and they will regrow in the spring. Mums are also great at protecting other plants from spider mites, harlequin bugs, leafhoppers, and aphids.

Realistically, none of these plants will actually kill bugs, but they will repel them. When it comes to fleas and ticks, we need all the help that we can get!

References:

PrevPage: 3 of 3Next