Lavender smells good and repels insects. Lavender repels pests. With practise, you can distil lavender oil to repel rodents. Lavender attracts honey bees and repels vermin.
Lavender
Companion planting uses daffodils. Two plants are planted around each other for looks and pest control. Daffodil bulbs repel insects, mice, voles, and squirrels.
Daffodils
Russian sage grows a 5-foot-tall fragrant bush. Its smell and purple-blue blossoms repel deer. Deer avoid its odour. Sun-loving and sun-hardy.
Russian sage
Bee balm's many colours attract pollinators. It deters deer from herb gardens. Bee balm thrives in the ground or in containers.
Bee balm
The beautiful Lenten Rose is surprisingly strong. This evergreen plant has pale purple spring flowers. It's sturdy, beautiful, and deters voles.
Lenten Rose
Yarrow is a good deer repellent in addition to being medicinal. If planted around your garden's edges, it will deter deer. It's white, yellow, pink, or red.
Yarrow
Rosemary enhances every herb, flower, or garden. It's a great container plant with lavender-like blossoms. Aromatic and kitchen-friendly. It repels deer, mice, and rats.
Rosemary
Spidery Southeast Asian lemongrass. Plant it to flavour soups and repel bugs. It can be relocated in pots. Lemongrass repels mice and rats.
Lemongrass
Deer avoid bleeding-hearts. Deer will avoid a border or planting that includes them. WARNING Bleeding Hearts are toxic to dogs, so try another repellent.