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    A friend just asked me if I know of any plants that keep mosquitos away. Does anyone know if there is or not?? Her todler is getting biten at the child care centre he is in. She has offered to suply the plants and I will put them in for her.

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    Default Re: plants for mosquito bites

    Unless you plant a million of them and brush against them constantly, no plant is really effective in my opinion.

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    Citronella, horsemint, marigolds

    They need to find where the water is that the mozzies are breeding in. Or they have fleas in the sandpit.
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    Good onya Joanne I knew I could count on you
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    Default Re: plants for mosquito bites

    lavender
    from Shannon Lush the best repellent is getting a 500 ml spray bottle - fill with water and add 2.5 ml of lavender oil. Spray on, making sure you spray your clothes, too. The lavender fragrance goes after a couple of minutes so boys won't 'smell pretty' all day
    or cat mint but then that seems to attract other problems
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    theres also the lemon-scented tea-tree (leptospermum petersonii), if they have room for something a little larger. unclipped: 2-7m high. clipped: any height you want. clips really well. native, white flowers at spring, beautiful lush green smallish leaves with apricot coloured new growth, heavy citronella fragrance when crushed. you ruffle up the leaves to get the smell in the air and on you. this masks your pheramones from the mozzies. or break of a piece ruffle it and put it on the table or door. Big fan of this plant.

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    Default Re: plants for mosquito bites

    I've seen a plant in the herb section at a nursery called a mosquito plant, your suposed to plant it in pots outside your doors to keep them away.

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    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
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    Thanks guys much apreciated
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    Default Re: plants for mosquito bites

    Santalina also. Santolina is nice soft shrub (yellow flowers) that won't hurt the kids either if they brush against it or fall over it!

    I have some in the yard here.

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    Thanks Paul
    you horties are a very usefull lot at times makes lawnies/garden pruners like me look average
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    be careful of planting things with flowers as they can/will attract bees
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    Default Re: plants for mosquito bites

    That's actually a good point in a child-care or kindy. Come to think of it now, where my youngest boy still goes doesn't have a thing, except for a small planter for some veggies, in the backyard play area sadly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs HMS View Post
    Citronella, horsemint, marigolds

    They need to find where the water is that the mozzies are breeding in. Or they have fleas in the sandpit.
    I have just been to the child care center and done the gardens. Under advice from you guys some of the parents purchased plants and put them in the gardens yesterday.

    Next Question: I see what Joanne means by finding the water where the mozzies are breeding. There is a small natural drain that flows when it rains and goes soggy when its not that flows past the fence so I think that is where the mozzies would be breeding.

    Does anyone know if there is a spray that kills the mozzie larvae? I thought we could spray along the fence line.
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