This week, Ken Lain the Mountain Gardener of Watters Garden Center in Prescott, AZ discusses what plants and flowers repel bugs as well as plants that are great to keep mosquitoes, gnats, and flies away. Bugs wreak havoc on flowers leaving frustrated gardeners to ponder whether to fight back with chemical pesticides, organic poultices, or angry machete chops. However, even if you've lost the battle with bugs this season, you can win the war by planting flowers that insects find unpalatable. These flowers naturally repel insects due to soapy sap, succulent leaves, hairy foliage, and other natural defenses. This allows...

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