Anti-mosquito plants

Anti-mosquito plants

Anti-mosquito plants – natural and aromatic protection in the garden

Summer evenings in the yard, shared with family and friends around the barbecue or on the terrace are the most enjoyable part of owning your own garden. However, this relaxation can quickly be ruined by the appearance of annoying and biting mosquitoes. Instead of immediately reaching for toxic chemical sprays, mascaras and artificial repellants, you can bet on a much more natural one, beautiful and fragrant landscape solution.

Nature has created a number of plants, whose leaves contain specific essential oils and strong phytoncides. For the human sense of smell, these scents are extremely pleasant and relaxing, but to the fine senses of mosquitoes and other pesky insects they are brutal repulsive barriers. Here are the most effective mosquito repellent plants and how to place them in your yard.

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Group 5 of the most powerful plant repellents

To have a real result, bet on types, which combine a strong aroma with easy maintenance in the Bulgarian climate:

  • Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia): Famous for its soothing smell. Mosquitoes and flies hate the scent of lavender oil. It is perennial, cold-resistant plant, which likes full sun and rocky soil.
  • Citronella / Lemon grass (Cymbopogon): Citronella oil is the main ingredient in almost all cooperage eco-repellents. She has a strong, fresh citrus aroma. Because it does not tolerate our winter cold, in Bulgaria it is mainly grown in large pots and pots, who come home warm in the winter.
  • Peppermint and Catnip (Nepeta): Extremely aggressive aromatic plants. It is scientifically proven, that the essential oil in catnip (fifth) is many times more effective in repelling mosquitoes than mass chemical preparations.
  • Rosemary (Rosemary officinalis): A wonderful culinary spice and a powerful shield against insects. There is a strong, intrusive coniferous aroma, tolerates heat and pruning perfectly.
  • Indrishe (Pelargonium graveolens): Traditional Bulgarian garden flower with a very intense smell of lemon and rose, which keeps mosquitoes and midges close to them at a serious distance.

Where and how to plant them for maximum effect?

Planting these plants in the far corner of the yard will not help you. Because their radius of action is limited, they should be placed strategically around the locations, where you and your family spend time outdoors:

  • Around the terrace and porch: Create low borders of lavender and rosemary directly along the paving.
  • In flowerpots on the table: Set up pots of citronella, chives or basil directly on the garden dining table or around the sun loungers by the pool.
  • Along the paths: Plant low thyme or mint in the joints of the paths. When you pass and step on them lightly with your foot, they will give off a strong scent cloud right away.

The professional trick: How to actually activate their scent?

The mere presence of a plant in the garden emits a faint fragrance. To activate its true repellent properties, the essential oils inside the leaves must be released mechanically.

How to do it: Before sitting on the terrace in the evening, just tear off a few citronella leaves, rosemary or indrisheto, crumple them firmly between your palms and rub them lightly on your skin or scatter them on the table. Друг страхотен трик е да хвърлите няколко стръка пресен розмарин директно върху зачервените въглища на барбекюто – ароматният дим ще прогони абсолютно всички комари от двора в радиус от десетки метри.

Frequently asked questions

1. Има ли дървета, които също гонят комарите?
Yes, дървото Catalpa (Catalpa) е прочуто в ландшафтния дизайн с това, че неговите едри, сърцевидни листа отделят специфичен мирис, който отблъсква комарите и мухите по естествен път. То е перфектно за сянка над градинската пейка.

2. Босилекът помага ли срещу насекоми?
Изключително много. Особено дребнолистният и гръцкият босилек. Освен че е перфектна подправка за лятната салата, неговият остър мирис е изключително неприятен за домашните мухи и комарите.

3. Може ли котешката мента да навреди на котката ми?
Not, напълно безвредна е. Напротив – котките обожават това растение (оттам и името му), обичат да се търкалят в него и това ги прави щастливи, докато в същото време вие сте защитени от хапещи насекоми.

Conclusion

The use of растения против комари е интелигентен, красив и напълно екологичен начин да си осигурите спокойствие в градината през лятото. Чрез комбиниране на лавандула, розмарин и цитронела около вашите зони за почивка, вие не само ще прегърнете природата без досадни ухапвания, но и ще превърнете двора си в истински ароматен оазис.

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