AboutDarlene K. Kittle Expertise I have been a Master Gardener for 19 years and I raise around 300 houseplants a year including tropicals, succulents, and cacti.
Experience She is also studying the Japanese art of bonsai with tropical plants and is President of the Fort Wayne, IN Bonsai Club.
Question We have leaf cutter ants walking away with my flowers. I have never dealt with them before. I read lemon grass is a deterent. True or not. If so, how tall does it grow (will it look ok with what I have planted).
Answer Brooks,
It sounds like you are talking about flowers planted outdoors in the ground. Lemon grass will get 1 to 2 feet tall. I suggest you use an insecticide such as diazinon and kill the ants. Talk to your local garden center about the problem. They would be best to help you solve this problem. Good luck.
