http://www.herbs-info.com/blog/10-plants-that-repel-garden-insect-pests/
There are many more than those listed here: Check out the article.
Borage – Borage
attracts bees and predatory insects, and repels many insect pests. It
also has lovely blue flowers. Considered one of the best companion
plants – helpful for many plants, especially strawberries, tomatoes and
cabbage.
Carrots – Carrots inter-planted with alliums
(onions, leeks, garlic) confuse onion and carrot flies. If carrots are
allowed to flower, they also attract assassin bug, lacewing, parasitic
wasp, yellow jacket and other predatory wasps which will attack other
predators.
Dill – Dill is considered helpful for cabbages,
corn lettuce, onions and cucumbers. It attracts Tiger Swallowtail
butterflies/caterpillars, Hoverflies, Wasps, Tomato Hornworm, honeybees
and Ichneumonid Wasps. It repels Aphids, spider mites, squash bugs,
cabbage looper. Dill should not be planted with cilantro as it will
cross pollinate with it.
Garlic – garlic is thought to assist Apple trees, Pear trees, Roses, Cucumbers, Lettuce and Celery. It is repellant to aphids, ants, rabbits.
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