OUR gardens might often be places where mosquitoes could thrive in so it would be good to landscape the garden and choose plants for reasons other than aesthetic value, including shrubs that are natural insect repellents.
Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) eco-physiology research head Dr Ang Lai Hoe said it was good to grow plants for medicinal or cooking purposes around the house but at the same time, having shrubs that can drive off the Aedes mosquitoes served as a natural insect screen.
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