Snakes have poor eyesight but a very keen sense of smell. They often seek cool places to hide.

6 types of plants that make snakes “fall in love”

Below are some types of ornamental plants that snakes love and can easily attract snakes into your home if planted in the garden.

Tuberose

The jasmine flower (also known as the Siamese jasmine flower) is a plant that has both fragrance and color. The jasmine flower has yellow, white, blue and bright red colors. The flower has a characteristic fragrance that can be smelled from afar. Especially at night, the fragrance of the flower can spread strongly. That is why it is called jasmine.

In fact, it is not the scent of jasmine that attracts snakes, but because this flower blooms at night, has a strong fragrance that easily attracts insects and small animals such as mice and frogs. These animals are the favorite prey of snakes. Therefore, snakes often climb jasmine trees at night to hunt for prey.

If planting night jasmine, homeowners should pay attention to pruning and shortening the branches and leaves close to the ground so that snakes have no place to hide.

In addition to jasmine, some fragrant flowering plants such as jasmine, cactus or pineapple can also attract snakes to take shelter and prey.

Pineapple

Pineapple trees have sweet fruit and an attractive aroma, and are a plant that snakes love. Therefore, to ensure the safety of themselves and their families, people always plant pineapples in the garden, far from the house.

In addition, plants that can grow into large trellises, creating a cool space such as bougainvillea and jasmine also attract green vipers, so you should not plant them around the house.

Purple cardamom

Purple cardamom is a precious medicinal herb that can help treat cold stomach, bloating, diarrhea, toothache, etc. Therefore, many families prefer to grow this plant for when needed. However, few people know that purple cardamom has a sweet taste and is food for mice, squirrels, hedgehogs, etc. Meanwhile, snakes love to eat these animals, so they will go to places with purple cardamom to hunt.

Climbing plant, with large trellis

Many people like to grow vines with large trellises such as morning glory, grapes, ivy, bougainvillea… in their yard or let them climb along walls, balconies, and windows. These trellises not only decorate the living space, but also create shade.

However, large climbing plants are very easy to become a shelter for snakes, especially green snakes because the green color of the plant becomes an ideal shelter for green snakes.

Snakes are cold-blooded animals. They prefer cool environments so they often seek shelter in trellises with dense foliage.

In addition, snakes also like to eat bird eggs. Some species of birds can nest on grapevines, passionflowers… This is also one of the targets that snakes aim for.

Bamboo

According to Feng Shui, planting bamboo in front of the house has the effect of protecting the house from evil spirits, warding off bad luck, and welcoming prosperity into the house. However, this is a fast-growing plant, and in just a few years it can form a dense clump.

Large bamboo clumps can become shelters for small animals such as rats, snakes…

Therefore, if planting bamboo in the yard or garden, the homeowner needs to pay attention to pruning regularly to create ventilation and promptly remove fallen leaves to avoid attracting snakes and insects.

White flower snake grass, white flower snake grass

White flower snake grass is also known as snake grass, snake chamomile grass, white snake tongue… This plant usually grows in cool, humid places. In traditional medicine, white flower snake grass is used as a medicine. It has a sweet, bland, slightly bitter taste, cool properties, non-toxic, enters the 3 meridians of the heart, liver, and spleen; has the effect of clearing heat, benefiting dampness, and detoxifying; used to treat coughs caused by lung heat, sore throat, appendicitis, dysentery, high fever…

Snakeweed often grows on roadsides, where the soil is moist, making it an ideal place for snakes to hide.

White flower snake is a different plant from white flower snake grass. This plant can bloom all year round but most in May and June. The flowers are white and fragrant. The scent of the flowers can travel far. Folklore says that this is a plant that can attract snakes to hide, take shelter and stalk prey.

 4 plants that repel snakes

Snake plant

Tiger tongue plant is also known as tiger tongue, tiger tail, tiger real. It is a succulent plant with tenacious vitality. The plant can withstand heat, drought well, and can also live in low light conditions for long periods of time.

Snake plants are popular because they are easy to care for, have the ability to clean the air, and improve mood very well.

In addition, they are also snake repellent plants that are known and widely grown today. Gardens will seem to have no snakes if you plant this type of plant.

In addition, snakes are also very sensitive to plants with essential oils or scents. So you can also plant snake-repellent plants such as mint, rosemary, and pentaphyllum.

Basil

Many people like to add basil to their dishes because they love its aroma. However, snakes are different, they cannot stand the smell of basil. Therefore, if you want to repel snakes, you can plant basil in your yard or garden.

Lemongrass

Lemongrass is a perennial herb that grows in clumps 0.8 to 1 meter high. The leaves are long and narrow, similar to rice leaves, with rough edges on both sides. When peeled, they have a lemon scent. The rhizome is white or slightly purple. Lemongrass is grown throughout the country, in families.

This is a familiar spice plant in many families, its leaves are also used to steam to relieve colds, flu, fever… But planting a lemongrass bush in the garden or planting a pot on the balcony or terrace, it also has the effect of being a snake repellent plant.

Compressor

The roots and leaves of the plant contain a lot of essential oils, and these essential oils often have a strange fishy smell and spicy taste. Therefore, they are extremely good at repelling snakes. When they smell the plant, snakes will avoid and stay away from the place where this plant is grown.