Everyone knows how quickly mosquitoes ... plants. Geraniums are only hardy in the warmest USDA zones, so expect to grow them ...

Lemongrass plant seeds are enough for a beginner, gardener or farmer to create a lush garden or yard. Natural and effective mosquito repellent. Partial sun in summer and full sun in other seasons ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. Do you have any suggestions for plants that repel mosquitoes? I live in ...

Mosquitoes are one of the biggest buzzkills of summer, but knowing which smells that mosquitoes hate ... to plants to DIY ...

BBC Bitesize asked experts from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to tell us more about six of the world’s most astonishing plants. The national flower of Guyana, in South America, the Amazon ...

Female mosquitoes require the nutrients (mainly vitamins) in blood to produce eggs. Mosquitoes feed primarily on vertebrates including humans and other mammals, as well as birds, reptiles, and others.

Jahnavi Harrison explains how the lotus is a plant that, for those educated in ... ‘Ocimum basilicum’ is the herb most of us know from tearing it on to the top of our spag bol, but within ...

We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus receiving the most attention ... males live off plants. The female is the biter ...

Mosquito haters of the world, rejoice! A few years ago we told you about the first version of this solar-powered mosquito repellent that works by disturbing the surface of standing water.

Several of the apps on test also have a sharing aspect, rather like the social media photo-sharing platform, Instagram, for plants. The Which? Gardening magazine research team wanted to find out ...