Citronella (Mosquito Plant)

Citronella is a small shrub that can be grown in a pot or outdoors in warm regions. In areas where winter temperatures are below freezing it can be grown in a pot for many years and moved around to wherever you need its wonderful scent to perfume the air and drive away mosquitoes. It has attractive wrinkled leaves and purple-pink flowers all summer long. This plant will live happily for years in a pot, especially if you place it outdoors during the summer. It has a wonderful citrus smell that is most noticeable during hot weather or when you crush a leaf between your fingers to release that wonderful tangy perfume.