Do mosquito-repellent plants really work? Buzzing past your ear as you lounge on the patio, leaving welts on your kids’ ankles as they play in the grass, preventing you from sleeping with their ...

The licorice-like scent of petunias is enough to turn off many an insect including aphids, hornworms and squash bugs. The ...

It’s a pretty plant with purple flowers and it is a nice, calming scent – that mosquitoes hate. It can also make a delicious herbal tea. How to grow it: It’s not easy to grow lavender from ...