Whats Eating Your Rose Campion Rabbits, with their nibbling nature, can pose a real challenge to Rose Campion They're particularly fond of tender shoots and can cause significant damage, leaving behind a telltale sign: clean, angled cuts on stems
Plants that Mammals Usually Avoid - Laidback Gardener Here are some plants that deer, hares, rabbits, and other mammals are known to dislike eating These species often have bitter tastes, tough or fuzzy textures, strong aromas, or naturally occurring compounds that make them less appetizing—or even mildly toxic—to browsing animals
Garden Plants That Rabbits Love to Eat - The Spruce Opt to plant shrubs that flower on new wood (produced in the spring), such as roses, rose of Sharon, panicle hydrangeas (rabbits eat the young plants and may avoid mature panicles), and butterfly bushes Shrubs that bloom on old wood will not flower if they have rabbit damage
Plants that Mammals Usually Won’t Eat - Laidback Gardener Here are some plants that deer, hares, rabbits and other mammals are known to dislike eating The list is not set in stone, however On one hand, mammals can have very different tastes from one region to another and it is possible that in some they learn to eat things in one area they won’t eat elsewhere
Dont Blame the Deer, A Rabbit Ate that Flower! - Blogger In March 2011, the voles ate my Dutch iris bulbs and the roots of some of the coneflowers before the rabbits had a chance to eat the foliage There have been times when I have blamed the deer for eating one of my "deer resistant" perennials
Rose Campion as a Companion Plant - Blogger My local deer herd leaves my zinnias alone unless we've had an extended period of drought when wild food is scarce They prefer blooms over the plants Your deer may behave differently By the way, rabbits will definitely eat zinnias
Anyone know whats eating my rose campion? : r gardening - Reddit Anyone know what's eating my rose campion? Turkeys? Deer? I thought they were too tall and fuzzy for the rabbits One plant out of five eaten down almost to the ground, others were not touched Very well could be deer They ate all my grandma’s flowers down like that
Rabbit Resistant Plants - Swansons Nursery Rabbits tend to avoid plants with unusual characteristics like a strong flower or foliage fragrance, and fuzzy spiny leaf textures If a plant exhibits resistance, those in the same family are also likely candidates for resistance Resistance will naturally vary by location and the severity of food shortages any given year
Lychnis coronaria (Rose Campion) - Gardenia Rose Campion, Rabbit's Ears, Crown Pink, Mullein Pink Lychnis Coronaria (Rose Campion) is an evergray perennial that deserves a spot in the landscape
Is rose campion deer resistant? - TimesMojo Rose campion, an old-fashioned garden plant, has magenta, pink, or white blooms and leaves covered in white fuzz and is unappealing to garden mowing deer … This leaves deer-“resistant” plants — those not as tasty to herbivorous munching machines Do rabbits eat rose campion?