Planting flowers in or near your vegetable garden doesn’t just add a pretty pop of color among the green. This companion planting strategy can help manage pesky insect pests that damage plants and impact your harvest.

Here are 10 flowers to consider planting in your vegetable garden for a steady supply of flowers. From lively marigolds to beautiful sunflowers and fragrant sweet alyssum, these flowers can make pest control seem easy.

The following is an excerpt from The Healthy Vegetable Garden by Sally Morgan. It has been adapted for the web.

There are some flowers that I’m never without and, fortunately, they are easy to grow from seed. My top 10 here will provide you with a steady supply of flowers from early spring to autumn. Banks of these flowers around your growing area will make sure that predatory insects don’t have to travel far to find food.