Though nontoxic, stevia (stevia rebaudiana) plants have been found to have insect-repelling tendencies. You didn’t know it would be a good companion plant!  Their very sweetness, in fact, may be a kind of natural defense mechanism against aphids and other bugs that find it not to their taste.  Perhaps that’s why crop-devouring grasshoppers have been reported to bypass stevia under cultivation.  Growing this fabulous plant in your garden also suggests a statement of protest for the banning of this plant in the past by the FDA.  I find it quite interesting that this past spring season this lovely plant was actually available at garden centers even in Georgia! Does this…