Three mosquito-repelling flowers that are beautiful and have a long blooming period, and can be propagated simply by cuttings
Keeping some flowers and plants at home not only beautifies the visual space but also purifies the air, and some can even repel mosquitoes. However, flowers and plants cannot completely drive away mosquitoes and insects; they merely give off a special scent that keeps mosquitoes and insects from coming close,What are the mosquito-repelling flowers, how effective are they, and how are they grown?
1. Night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum) has strong reproductive capacity and can be propagated by cuttings from branches alone. Select a healthy 10 cm branch and insert it into moist soil; it quickly grows adventitious roots. Around 20°C is the most suitable temperature for cuttings.
Many friends think night-blooming jasmine has the best mosquito-repelling effect, because its scent is quite strong, and the scent it gives off happens to be one that mosquitoes dislike, so its mosquito-repelling effect is relatively good.
2. Mosquito-repelling geranium can also be propagated by pinching off a single branch for cuttings. Cut a 10 cm branch from the mother plant and insert it into sandy soil.
It can give off a special scent that has some mosquito-repelling effect.
3. Pelargonium (geranium), propagation by branch cuttings is especially easy. After inserting the branch as a cutting, water it and keep it out of the light. After two weeks it begins to take root and grow small leaves.
This one has a long blooming period, blooms beautifully, gives off a rich scent, and has a mosquito-repelling effect.
There are quite a lot of other flowers and plants with mosquito-repelling effects too, for example lavender, mint, pitcher plant, orange jessamine (Murraya paniculata), mugwort leaves, and so on.
In fact, after planting these mosquito-repelling plants, you still need to combine them with some mosquito-repelling measures, for example installing window screens properly, reducing situations where there is standing water or open water in the house, and not planting flowers and plants too densely, and so on.