It's so nice when we finally have warm weather and can spend a lot of time outdoors. We feel the sunshine, we smell the flowers, and everything is so beautiful and relaxing. But, then we hear the ...

A member of the scented geranium family of plants, citronella plant is often stocked alongside the herbs in the garden center. Sometimes it will even be labeled as a mosquito plant. Look for a plant ...

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It’s often recommended that gardeners – especially elderly individuals – pursue their hobby early in the morning and evening to avoid the extreme heat of the day. Ironically, this is when mosquitoes ...

There are two types of citronella plants, and their scientific names are Pelargonium citrosum and Cymbopogon nardus. Only Cymbopogon nardus repels mosquitoes. Citronella plants do not emit enough ...

Our late night summer sun is one of the sweetest things about living in Alberta. Our late night summer sun is one of the sweetest things about living in Alberta. Sitting on a warm patio around 9 p.m.

The name geranium brings to mind several things: the stalwart red blooms we see everywhere from memorial plants marking a loved-one’s grave to mass borders in a home landscape to a small container on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At the beginning of the 19th century, the geranium was a novel and beloved plant. Thomas Jefferson took some to the White House. By the end of the century, ...

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