Seeds

Yates Garden Doctor Seeds

The four varieties in Yates Garden Doctor seed range will keep your garden healthy in the most natural way possible. Grow these as companion plants or make use of their special attributes to keep garden pests at bay.

Garden Doctor Sage A perennial plant that is best known for its aromatic, flavoursome leaves, sage can also be grown as a border around vegetables to attract bees and repel many insect pests, such as cabbage moths and carrot fly. Sage makes a good companion plant for onions, carrots, beans, beets, peas and strawberries. Sow sage seeds in spring and early summer so that the plants are well established before winter.

Garden Doctor Phacelia Fascinating Phacelia has pretty, lilac-blue flowers that produce copious amounts of pollen, an important source of food for hoverflies. Hoverfly larvae are some of the most effective natural predators of aphids, scale insects, mealy bugs and psyllids. Plant phacelia in your garden and you’ll have many willing natural allies to aid you in your war against garden pests.

Garden Doctor Nasturtium The warm, cheerful colours of nasturtium flowers make them a popular garnish. Sow nasturtiums around the base of fruit trees to deter codling moth, borers and woolly aphids. Plant them near vegetables to strengthen their natural pest resistance, and make an insect control spray by infusing nasturtium leaves in boiling water. Take advantage of the plants’ sprawling growth habit to form a living mulch that deters pests.

Garden Doctor French Marigold These tough and hardy annuals grow readily from seed and can be planted right through the garden to repel nematodes, white cabbage butterfly, whitefly and many other pests. French marigolds are also well known for their ability to persuade soil nematodes to move away. Remove dead flowers regularly to encourage more blooms and, at the end of the season, dig the discarded plants into the soil.