If you are not familiar with companion planting then you might want to be after I tell you what it can do for you and your landscaping. It has many benefits.

Companion planting is when you plant one plant in close proximity to another. The idea for doing this is that certain plants can benefit from others by having qualities for example as a insect repellant, thus by eliminating the need for a pesticide.

It is often praticied on small-scale gardening. The companion plants act as a insect repellant. If you were to use companion planting through out your landscaping it could become a integrate part of your pest management. By using companion planting it not only serves a purpose,but adds beauty.

It can be incorporated in your gardens, flowerbeds, walkways, borders or where ever you have specific needs. It is all up to your imagination.

It is often used in organic gardens.  Garlic has been used as a companion plant with roses for many years, because it repels rose pest.  Tansy can also be used as a companion plant with roses, raspberries and fruit trees.  Tansy also repels flying insects, ants, japanese beetles, squash bugs and the striped cucumber beetle.

As you can see from the examples above they act as  mother natures natural way to deter insects for other plants, thus protecting the plant.

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