Enjoy the Blooming Outdoors without Mosquitoes this Spring
A collaboration with Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants
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Spring showers ☔️ + Warm weather 🌞 = Mosquitoes 🦟
California drought tolerant plants 🌱 = Less mosquitoes! 🙌🏽
Free your home of mosquito-breeding containers 💧 and wear repellent 🏡
Mosquitoes are weak fliers that love cool, shady plants that they can rest in.
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3 Secrets to Melt Away a Mosquito-filled Yard 🧊
Secret #1: Let the breeze flow, and the sunshine spill. 🌞
Mosquitoes like shady areas that protect them from the sun and wind 💨
Trim your plants for a breezy, sun-filled, and mosquito-free yard! 🏠
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Secret #2: Grow a beautiful, green, California garden. 🌼
Naturally airy and light, California plants attact less mosquitoes than the common tropical plants we see in many SoCal yards. 🌳
From saving money on water to enjoying your mosquito-free yard again, the benefits of California natives plants are endless! 🦋
Check out our curated list of California native plants!
Some examples of California plants:
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Secret #3: Do a spring (mosquito) clean. 🧹
Mosquitoes like cool, shady plants... and they also love stagnant water! 🦟
Scan your happy home for any containers that can hold water and Tip'NToss them to make sure baby birds are the only hatchlings in your yard this spring. 🐣
Examples of mosquito-breeding containers:
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