Mosquito Repellent Plants
Mosquitoes are one of the annoying insects. Caused by mosquito bites, our skin will be a small bump and itching. Not to mention the mosquitoes that carry dangerous diseases. The disease commonly known as a mosquito bite is a disease of dengue fever and malaria. To repel mosquitoes, how that can be done is to insect repellent spray or using a mosquito coil and electrical. However, this approach tends not safe because the chemicals in it. As a natural way, we can use the following plants so that mosquitoes will not come to our house.
Lavender
The flowers of this plant are purple. The fragrant of these flowers causing mosquitoes do not want to close. These lavender flowers are well known and commonly used in the manufacture of mosquito repellent lotion. If you want to use this flower to our skin so that it is not bitten by mosquitoes, rub the flowers on our skin.
Geranium
The flowers have a lot of color variations with overlapping petals. Geranium containing geraniol and citronellol which causes the mosquitoes do not want to close. How to take advantage of this plant is to be placed in a place exposed to wind, because the scent of geraniums will smell when the leaves rub against each other. (more…)