8 fragrant plants that we can grow at home and that help us keep pests and unwelcome insects like spiders away
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him8 fragrant plants that we can grow at home and that help us keep pests and unwelcome insects like spiders away
With the lowering of temperatures and the seasonal change, many small insects seek shelter among the foliage of plants or in environments with mild and constant temperatures such as our homes. So do spiders too! Here we can witness a small "migration" of these little creatures in our rooms through doors, windows and openings in the mosquito nets. If the home spider does not cause too much concern, the other thing is for spiders of larger size that usually live in the countryside. Here are some beautiful and fragrant plants that act as a natural repellent can come to our rescue. Let's see the main and simplest ones to keep at home. (12 plants that color the garden and keep insects away)
Lavender
It is a plant with a thousand uses. At home we know it very well. In addition to having a great ornamental value for our gardens, the essential oil obtained from it is widely used in cosmetics and very often we use it as an anti-moth. Well its smell, so pleasing to us, as well as not being appreciated by moths, is also unbearable for spiders. Therefore, we can use drops of essential oil in water and with a sprayer wet all the windowsills and entrance surfaces. Or hang dry twigs on the windows.
Rosemary
It will also be very useful for us to keep rosemary vases placed on windowsills or near French windows at home. The important thing is that the plant receives direct light for at least 4 or 5 hours a day. Spiders don't like its delicious scent at all.
Mint
Even with mint we have two possibilities: either we keep the pots of fresh mint in different rooms of the house or we put some leaves in water and spray the spray obtained on the surfaces concerned.
The calendula
In addition to being a beautiful and extremely decorative flower, as well as being used to formulate soothing and healing skin creams, it also has strong repellent properties in general. They repel almost all parasites, including mosquitoes, snails and midges.
Eucalyptus
Its balsamic scent much appreciated by us is perhaps one of the most feared by spiders. So even with this plant we have two possibilities: hang its beautiful branches in every room or create the spray perhaps by adding witch hazel and thus spread their scent on all doors and windows.
The chrysanthemums
Another beautiful flower with great ornamental power that we are beginning to appreciate more and more is the chrysanthemum. These flowers, in addition to creating beautiful colored borders and lending themselves to growing in pots, are a powerful natural repellent. In fact, they contain pyrethrum, a substance with which the products that are commonly found on the market are formulated.
La melissa
Being part of the mint family, it shares with her the ability to ward off small insects. But it is its citrus note that is particularly effective, exactly the one for which it is widely used in the kitchen. Arachnids can't stand anything that smells like citrus.
The basil
The prince of the perfumes we use most could not be missing: basil. Cultivation in pots is widespread. For a greater repellent effect we can create a spray with its leaves in the same way by adding witch hazel here too. The perfume mix will be extremely effective.
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