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Monday - September 01, 2008
From: Oklahoma City, OK
Region: Southwest
Topic: Diseases and Disorders
Title: Mosquito repellent plant?
Answered by: Barbara Medford
QUESTION:
I would like to know if there is a plant that keeps mosquitoes away. ThanksANSWER:
We found some websites that listed some mosquito repellent plants, and will give you their web addresses. We have no proof one way or the other that any of these work. Our impression is that usually they don't. And we saw no plants native to North America suggested, so they would not be in our Native Plant Database.
Gomestic Gardening Five Plants That Repel Mosquitoes
Iowa State University Extension Horticulture and Home Pest News
World Village Mosquito Repellent Plants
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