What to do about mosquitoes and insects when growing flowers in summer? These plants help you solve it

Summer makes people love it and hate it at the same time. You can play in the water as you please, eat big watermelons, and enjoy all kinds of cold drinks, but summer is a test for flowers and plants. Not only because high temperatures make plants prone to lack water and develop black rot, but also because it attracts all kinds of mosquitoes and insects, which is endlessly annoying. In fact, as long as you choose the right plants, you can get through summer just as easily and avoid the trouble of mosquitoes and insects.

When it comes to the number one among insect-repelling plants, I think it must be the pitcher plant (Nepenthes). The pitcher plant, as its name suggests, has a long little pouch that looks especially like a bamboo cage for pigs. Its peculiarity lies in its ability to secrete a special liquid inside the pitcher to lure some insects in by mistake, and then slowly corrode, decompose, and convert them into nutrients for itself to absorb.

Geraniums (Pelargonium), which flower lovers also like, are also a very good mosquito-repelling plant. Anyone who has grown geraniums knows that geranium leaves give off a strange smell. Many people do not like this smell much, and of course, insects also avoid it.

Marigolds (Tagetes), also known as stinking marigold, got their name because the scent given off by the plant itself is unpleasant, but their advantage lies in their beautiful flower shape, relatively long flowering period, and being fairly easy to grow, so it is very necessary to grow a few marigolds in summer.

Of course, insect-repelling plants are not only these strangely scented flowers. For example, night-blooming jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum) has a very strong fragrance. Place one in a room, and the whole room is filled with its scent. But mosquitoes hate this smell very much and retreat from it. So in summer, keeping a night-blooming jasmine at home is also very necessary. Of course, friends with respiratory diseases and other allergies to pollen should be cautious. Because the fragrance of night-blooming jasmine is really too strong, some people may find it hard to get used to.

In addition, there are also perilla, lavender, mint, mugwort and other plants, all of which are good at repelling mosquitoes in summer. Friends who like them may as well get a pot. It is both healthy and environmentally friendly.