Companion plants attract beneficial insects (bees,
beetles, lacewings, dragonflies, hoverflies, braconid wasps) which eat
our garden pests - you can buy your Oakdale Organics companion plant seedlings from most garden centers in the North IslandNo more spraying. Use what nature already provides, for free, to control pests and create a natural ecosystem in your garden - Plant herbs and flowers with your vegetable seedlings so pests have a hard time finding the vegetables they like to eat. TANSY | Attracts lady beetles and lacewings which eat lots of aphids. Deters flying insects, cucumber beetles, squash bugs and helps repel flies and ants. Great companion to cucumber, squash, roses, berries, grapes, fruit trees. | PYRETHRUM
| Its yellow-centered flowers contain pyrethrins which act directly on the nervous system of insects like aphids and mites. | HYSSOP
| Has scented blue, white or pink flowers which attract bees, hoverflies and butterflies throughout summer. Plant it near Brassicas to deter white cabbage butterfly. | SHOO-FLY PLANT
| As a natural deterrent of whitefly, it is very effective when grown under tamarillos, subtropicals or in the vege garden. | NASTURTIUM
| Can be used as a trap crop; it attracts caterpillars. Provides shelter for ground beetles and spiders. Good companion for radish, cabbage and cucumber. | MARIGOLD
| Attracts hoverflies, parasitic wasps. Helps repel nematodes in the soil (plant a solid block in nematodeinfested areas; at flowering, chop and turn under entire crop). | BORAGE
| Grow this herb in orchard or around strawberry bed. Honeybees like to feast on the blossom. | CALENDULA
| Good companion for Cabbage family. Attracts a lot of beneficial insects. | BEE BALM
| Improves both the growth and flavour of tomatoes. Attracts bees, parasitic wasps, beneficial flies.
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