I Tested 11 'Mosquito Plants' - Only 4 ACTUALLY Work (Stop Wasting Money)
Last summer, my granddaughter was sitting on my back porch at dusk reading a book. By eight-fifteen she had thirteen mosquito bites on her arms.
I have planted forty years of so-called mosquito-repellent perennials around that porch. Most of them did not work.
This video is the eleven I tried - and the four that actually moved the needle.
The plant at number one has been in my back garden since 1995. It has had thirty years to fail my granddaughter's porch test. It has not failed yet.
Sources referenced:
Iowa State University 2001 catnip study (Peterson & Coats - published nepetalactone repellent research)
University of Guelph 1996 Pelargonium citrosum study (Matsuda et al.)
USDA Agricultural Research Service Monarda essential oil research
Penn State Extension Mountain Mint pollinator and repellent trials
ASPCA Toxic Plant Registry (Pennyroyal toxicity in pets)
EPA registered natural mosquito repellent compounds (thymol, carvacrol, citral, cineole)
Eastern Woodland Native American ethnobotany (Bee Balm historical use)
Saul Nurseries - 'Jacob Cline' Bee Balm introduction history
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