These snake repellent plants will help keep your home and yard pest free. By creating an anti-snake zone, you can relax and safely enjoy your outside space without worry Knowing the best snake repellent plants can be hugely important if you live in an area where they thrive. Fans of damp, secluded spots with dense leaf cover and also sun-bathed rock gardens, snakes can easily take up residence on your plot without you knowing – that is until they are suddenly disturbed. Although many snakes are not venomous or a threat to humans and animals, just having their presence so near to your home can be hugely unnerving, so it makes sense to deter them where possible.
One of the easiest and most environmentally friendly ways to do this is to grow key snake-repellent plants around your yard and home that they dislike. With a strong sense of smell – or at least their ability to gather molecules which they then run past their Jacobson’s organ – there are many natural scents snakes simply can’t stand.
These are our top 10, and you’ll be glad to know that there are many mosquito repellent plants and fly repellent plants amongst them.
10 Snake Repellant Plant
- MARIGOLDS
- ALLIUM OR FLOWERING ONION
- LEMONGRASS
- MOTHER-IN-LAW’S TONGUE
- WORMWOOD OR MUGWORT
- PINK AGAPANTHUS
- GARLIC
- SNAKEROOT PLANTS
- YELLOW ALDER
- BASIL
WHICH PLANT CAN KEEP SNAKES AWAY?
Marigolds are very effective at keeping snakes away, thanks to their vigorous root system and their ability to release alpha-terthienyl – a phototoxin into the soil. They also emit a strong smell that snakes detest, deterring them even when burrowing underground.
HOW DO I SNAKE-PROOF MY YARD?
Alongside filling your borders and pots with snake deterring plants cutting back the lower limbs of shrubs, trimming any long grass and clearing up piles of leaves, logs, or brush will also help reduce cover and their likely hiding places. Fill in any existing holes or burrows with firmly packed soil and reduce moist areas or puddles, as these are particularly attractive to snakes. Free ranging pets are also a great way to deter snakes as their frequent wanderings can put these reptiles off from taking up residence.
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