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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.
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