Plants To Repel Mosquitos - How To Remember Them

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Citronella From Corona Florist and Nursery 388F Clementi Road, Singapore. Photo courtesy of Trevor Sharot.

Problem
I want plants to repel mosquitos on the balcony in Singapore and now that we have global warming, even in London, UK, in the house and garden.

I keep learning the plants which repel mosquitos. How can I remember them if I want to replant part of an existing plant from a garden or balcony, ask a friend for a cutting, buy from a gardening shop, advise another person?

Answer
Start with the lemons, acidic plants, which the mosquitos won't want to suck?
citronella (citron - Ella)
lemon balm (lemon on a balmy night)
lemon thyme (time for a third lemon plant)

What else is strong smelling?

garlic - keeps away your friends but keeps away your enemies - those mosquitoes. Frightens off the devil and witches and also mosquitoes.

More food plants:
mint (no time - just a minute, time is money, mint it). Make a mint drink, mint tea.

Lavendar - lovely lavendar has a lovely aroma
marigold - golden colour - will Mary marry you?

Rosemary and Basil (Romantic girl Rosemary, smells sweet as a Rose, and her boyfriend Basil)

Catnip
Last but not least, Rosemary is cuddling her cat and I hope it won't nip her

I can now reconstruct the list using my memory aids:

citronella
lemon balm
lemon thyme
rosemary
basil
garlic
catnip
lavendar
marigold
mint
thyme

Let's put them in alphabetical order:
basil
catnip
citronella
garlic
lavendar
lemon balm
lemon thyme
marigold
mint
rosemary
thyme

Garden Centres
Singapore
Corona Florist and Nursery, 388F, Clementi Road, Singapore. (We bought a citronella plant, also balls to put on compost in pots and troughs to stop the sandy stuff blowing away.)
Goodwood Florist , 565 Thomson Road, Singapore. We bought balcony pots and compost.)

UK
Squires, Stanmore and other locations. Huge garden shop with gardening gloves, books, toys, cafe and outdoor area with plants and mini-trees and fencing and amusing plaques for the garden wall or outdoor house wall.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English and other languages. See my other posts on plants, gardens, garden centres and destinations.