Companion planting – a little help from their friends By Dawn
Pettinelli - UConn Home & Garden Education Center Feature
Article - posted Thu., Jun. 30, 2011 Almost every home gardener
has heard claims of aromatic plant species repelling insects,
and that some plant associations are more compatible than others
are. By using certain plant-insect relationships, it may be
possible to arrange your plants in such a manner to minimize
their chances of attack by insect pests. Some believe that less
pest damage will occur in gardens containing a variety of plant
types, because the multitudes of stimuli produced by mixtures of
plants may cause the insect to become disoriented, and disrupt
its feeding and breeding cycles. From a scientific viewpoint,
not very much is known about these interactions, although the
underlying premise is sound from an ecological perspective.
Companion planting refers to the interplanting of two or more
plant species in close proximity. These may be vegetables,
annual flowers, herbs or perenn