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Wasp-Repelling Flowers Offer Beauty And Protection

By Abby Parks

Published February 21, 2025 Runtime 1:27

Wasps are aggressive insects that can keep you from enjoying your outdoor space. Did you know you can repel wasps simply by planting lovely fragrant flowers they hate? From low-growing pennyroyal to bright red geraniums, there will surely be a plant for every gardener. Plant them in hanging baskets, window boxes, herb gardens, and pots around your patio. Watch this video to learn which wasp-repelling flowers to plant.

About the Author

Abby Parks

Abby Parks has authored a fiction novel, theatrical plays, short stories, poems, and song lyrics. She's recorded two albums of her original songs, and is a multi-instrumentalist. She has managed a website for folk music and written articles on singer-songwriters, folk bands, and other things music-oriented. She's also a radio DJ for a folk music show. As well as having been a pet parent to rabbits, birds, dogs, and cats, Abby loves seeking sightings of animals in the wild and has witnessed some more exotic ones such as Puffins in the Farne Islands, Southern Pudu on the island of Chiloe (Chile), Penguins in the wild, and countless wild animals in the Rocky Mountains (Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Goats, Moose, Elk, Marmots, Beavers).

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