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I've been told that flowering garlic plants produce a smell that snakes do not like. It seems to work at my home because the snakes seem to go around the areas that have the plants. I used to have visits from several snakes (harmless black or racers) but they scare my spouse so I planted the garlic around the borders of the back yard and have only seen an occasional snake pass by in the front. Every snake encounter I have had here, the snake speeds away before I get anywhere near it. I haven't come across any poisonous snakes yet.....here.