19 Perennials Rabbits Hate

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Rabbit resistance depends on how hungry the rabbits are.

[@mbtvalli]

Just like deer.

[@juliehorney995]

Yup.

[@annemurphy9339]

I’ve learned to hate those furry little menaces: their favorite flowers are all of my favorite flowers. I can’t have any violas or pansies because they eat them to the ground.

[@cherylchamberlin3875]

Wonderful. Love your info.😊

[@terribishop5313]

Absolutely we have feral that also dig up all our beds. They ate my Russian sage and my lavender and my sedum down to the roots.

[@WoodlandT]

This year the rabbits decided to decimate my many echinacea, which I feel very cross about. I talked to my neighbor about it. She’s been gardening here for decades. She told me the rabbits stopped eating her garden plants when she started seeding clover into her lawn. The rabbits prefer the clover and don’t bother with her other plants anymore. I will definitely be trying this in my lawn

[@Danielle-zq7kb]

One year a rabbit family living under my bushes ate all of my black-eyed Susan’s. Year after year they bloomed beautifully!

[@GardenSanity]

As you know from the video Danielle -- I can totally relate! This year, mine are already starting to bloom (way too early) and so far the rabbits have ignored them which has shocked me! 🙃🙂

[@101Makeadifference]

First time to see your channel. You are an exceptional presenter. Appreciate your knowledge, expertise & advice. Can’t wait eview more.

[@GardenSanity]

Why thank you so much -- and welcome to Garden Sanity! 😊 I hope you'll stick around and jump into the comments again with any questions or tips to share! 🌸🌿💜

[@mariebridges2219]

Thank you, Laura, for this excellent video.🤗🤗 I JUST "found" you!!! And, as a gardener for 60 years, I thoroughly appreciate your clarity and no-nonsense way of presenting this virtually inexhaustible subject. What a JOY❣❣ to watch, while gaining pertinent information without unnecessary "fillers"! Blessings, fellow gardener.

[@GardenSanity]

Nice to meet you Marie! And thank you for your feedback! 😊And as a gardener for just over 30 years, I salute you and hope I can enjoy another 30-plus years too, because there's nothing like gardening! (And yes, I'm not a fan of the unncecessary "fillers" in videos either!) 😉

[@maureenmckenna5220]

Grew serendipity allium last year with great success, in that no rabbits touched them, and I live in the Grand Central Station of rabbits.

[@GardenSanity]

Thanks Maureen! Yes, mine weren't touched either, although some gardeners here in the comments didn't have our luck unfortunately. Oh -- and I thought that I lived in the Grand Central Station of Rabbits! 🤣🐇🐇🐇

[@maddart4445]

Garden Sanity what a great name for a channel.

[@nangel270]

I enjoyed your presentation. Knowledgable, direct, and to the point.

[@GardenSanity]

Why thank you! Those are wonderful words and I appreciate your feedback very much! 😊

[@juliajohnson1423]

I planted Crimson Scabious, It is easy to grow and fast growing and somewhat pretty. Turns out the rabbits love it and pass up all my other flowers to dine on the scabious. I keep a patch of it just for the rabbits and they have been leaving my other plants alone!

[@GardenSanity]

Well that's an interesting solution Julia! I'm writing that one down to keep in mind on my never-ending plant list! Thanks for sharing this idea!😀

[@lorib5323]

You made it a "trap crop". Nothing wrong with that. Gardeners use it all the time. I plan on doing it for my deer. I will plant a garden for them in the back corner of my lot. That will be my "test garden" to see what deer like or don't like before I buy a whole lot.

[@lorib5323]

UPDATE: I planted 20 different lavender, 3 bee balm, 7 mountain mint, 12 rosemary all around the edge of my property. Some of the young deer came over to smell, but 2 weeks later, to bites! Yay!!!

[@elainegregory5308]

Thank you so much for this information. I have so many rabbits running around in my yard and was looking for this kind of info to defeat them. Also, I’m 71 and prefer perennials so there is less work year to year. Much appreciated. 👍🏼❤️

[@cynthiahill3426]

Have you ever had fried rabbit?? Delicious

[@colsen4616]

It makes a difference when the rabbits ate plants to the ground. My liatris and coreopsis got eaten to the ground one year early in the season. I put wire cloches over what remained, they grew back fine and stayed that way. The following year I cloched them as soon as I saw them emerging. My cloches are fairly small so the plants weren’t very big when I removed them. The plants didn’t get touched the rest of the season.

[@GardenSanity]

That's such a great solution, and one that I use too! 👍Rabbits love munching on fresh young growth, and bunnies don't know any better when they are first foraging around and learning what to eat. I'm using a cloche on my black eyed susans for the young growth and am hopeful this works...along with my usual rabbit repellent granules and sprays!

[@dianeosgood6594]

​@@GardenSanity Yes! I put wire tomatoes cage wrapped with plastic netting around my clematis now. The baby bunnies will eat them to the ground even my big Jackmani clematis which is supposed to be poisonous to them. They eat two younger ones down to root ball and killed them. I have hosta I have to sprinkle garlic and hot pepper on to keep them from eating all the tender new growth. They killed several by eating to the ground over and over.

[@GardenSanity]

@@dianeosgood6594 Thanks for the tip Diane -- sounds like a good solution for your clematis! (And yes, it kills me when the bunnies eat plants that are supposedly poisonous to them.) It's funny when we think of "low-maintenance" plants -- because if rabbits like them, they become high-maintenance plants super fast!

[@lisacanaday7887]

Thanks for this information. My rabbits can’t read that they don’t love yarrow, but to my delight they left foxtail lily alone.

[@helenpetersen7174]

This was very informative, thank you. I agree it's hard to not want everything for our gardens. I lived in zone 8b for a while, and I MISSED all the multitudes of plants/flowers/trees and shrubs I was used to in zone 5. So, now I am in zone 4b and make do but my garden is growing bigger and bigger the goal is to get rid of as much lawn mowing as possible. lol

[@GardenSanity]

You're welcome Helen! I used to live in New England for many years, and now am down here in southern New Jersey -- so I know what you're describing with changing zones. I love that we got rid of our own lawn, and highly recommend it. (Lawn mowing is something we don't miss at all!) Even if someone wants green underfoot, there are so many pretty groundcovers that can provide that green look. I'm trying to plant more and more evergreen plants -- or plants that keep their color or texture -- so that I have plenty of green in Winter, since there's no green lawn. 🙂

[@Angie-ci1lp]

Thank you! Sharing zones along with the names 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Great video

[@GardenSanity]

You’re welcome Angie! Knowing the zones for each plant is just one less step you have to do to look up the info, right? 👍 I don’t always list the zones in every video when I put plant names on the screen, such as in my garden tour videos, but I try to list them whenever talking about specific plants. Thanks for your feedback about this! 💚🙂

[@michelletetreault9428]

Thank you for so many great things to try. We have quite a few rabbits around, and some that devoured my roses, and so many of my other plants. 😊

[@GardenSanity]

Rabbits are the worst Michelle -- so I'm glad to offer suggestions that will hopefully work. This year my roses weren't touched during the Winter -- usually they gnaw at the bottom canes (stems). Hoping the rabbit repellents are partly responsible! 🤞🙂

[@leaper2294]

For three years I had rabbits birthing under my porch and my dogs going nuts over the kits. This spring I happened to replant my garden with most of the flowers mentioned here and voilá, no babies! Coincidence? I think not.🐰

[@GardenSanity]

Wow!!! 😀This is fantastic! I'm hoping I have a similar outcome this year, as I add more of these to my gardens too. I know several gardeners in the comments here haven't had perfect luck with some of these perennials. I'm so happy to hear this, however! Always love a success story overcoming the rabbits! ❤👏

[@JulesUS8386]

Everything growing in my yard, rabbits Love! 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

[@GardenSanity]

Sounds like you need some rabbit repellents? Maybe? But I know how frustrating it can be -- especially when they eat things they aren't supposed to like.

[@JulesUS8386]

@@GardenSanity nahh they are cute. I don’t use poison.

[@GardenSanity]

@@JulesUS8386 The repellents I use aren't poison, as I couldn't do that to rabbits either. They just literally "repel" the rabbits away because of the scent used.

[@timb7775]

Dilute hot sauce in water and spray the plants. Won't harm the animals, just makes the flowers not so tasty. Has no effect on the flowers.

[@nixlapi]

Thank you for this list - I always wondered why the neighborhood rabbits only visit in winter for my leftover kale and don't bother my garden much the rest of the year - most of my perennials are on this list!

[@GardenSanity]

Wow Nicole - well done! That’s fantastic! 🌸 This is such a goal of mine, so I hope I can say the same thing as you over time - not that I’m removing any of the other plants, but at least I’ll have a fighting chance! 👍😀

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

I live in the Mojave. We moved here in 2019. I did research before planting, because wild donkeys and horses also show up.

[@lindauhl3326]

I smiled when I came across your channel. I live in Zone 9A in the Gulf Coast of Florida. " Miss Bunny" is a Marsh rabbit that only nests in my yard. My neighbors tease me all the time. But I have found the one plant she won't eat is Angelonia. I am an avid butterfly/pollinator gardener that uses pots for everything else.

[@GardenSanity]

Miss Bunny obviously loves how pretty your flowers are, Linda! 😃 Hooray for Miss Bunny leaving your Angelonia alone -- and thanks for sharing! Just yesterday morning, casually walking by a spot I just checked the day before to make sure there's no rabbit nests, there was a new rabbit nest started. Luckily there were no babies in it, so I covered it up and sprinkled repellents and will now see how determined the rabbit is! We get at least one nest every Spring...but I'm hoping for the best! Why are they so cute??? 😖😂

[@elizabethescher5445]

I just discovered your videos and love them. I will add one thing about catmint... some cats love it and will eat the plants to the ground. I got around this by surrounding the plant with large river rocks to protect the roots. The plants seemed to enjoy the rocks and soon draped over them, flowering prettily.

[@GardenSanity]

Such a great tip for protecting the roots, Elizabeth! 👍Thank you for sharing it! And yes, I've heard some gardeners mention neighborhood cats visiting to roll around in their catmint and eat it too. 🙃🙂

[@bluegirl4079]

My first experience this season...seeing very young bunnies munching on my glorious, rich, velvety magenta petunias! So...note to self, rabbits like petunias. I think I will plant them in pots and see if that keeps those little rascals out. I truly enjoyed listening to your video. I'm trying to plant as many perennials as possible, but those annuals can pack such a punch for spring through fall blooming in my area. I have peonies, Cat's Pajamas (love), lots of hostas, coral bells, phlox, daisies, and guara. The white guara are stunning this spring. I will let you know as the season progresses.

[@edithengel2284]

At least where I live, pots are not enough--the bunnies stretch up and pull the stems down--even occasionally the pots on the back porch where there are a lot of steps to climb.

[@terrychamberlin941]

Also just found your channel and you are like the gardening girlfriend I wish I lived next door to. I too deal with rabbit pressure in my 9b garden and have learned there are plants that I need to grow in tall pots if I want them in my garden such as cone flower, agastache and Shasta Daisy. Luckily I grow a lot of the flowers you mention and my passion plants are salvias, penstemons, true geraniums and any plant in the mint family. Can’t wait to check out your other videos!

[@GardenSanity]

Wow, thanks Terry! 😊That's how I like to film my videos -- as if I'm just talking one-on-one with someone, versus an audience. I've done the "tall pots" solution too. I used to be able to grow so many gorgeous varieties of coneflowers in the ground -- and -- the rabbits would leave them alone. Somewhere along the way, they changed their minds. 😂 I haven't tried penstemons yet, but if I find a good spot I definitely want to. 💙😀

[@bookmagicroe9553]

Rabbits ate my green beans to the ground. They found the tiniest hole in the mesh fence. We have a lot of deer here, and my asian lilies got the buds eaten off. I have the perennial geraniums and Lady's Mantle and the deer and rabbits leave it alone. I'm presently learning more about the various types of Hostas. Some get munched on , other types never get touched. I have a 45 year old Bittersweet bush. The deer eat it voraciously in the winter, the leaves, berries, stems. But the plant thrives - it's like the deer give it a good haircut, and it bounces back every year. I just discovered your show - it's great to connect to a fellow plant lover!

[@BlizzardStripe]

Thank you so much for the video, although I don’t have a rabbit problem in my garden but a baby groundhog problem. I did a little research on what groundhogs don’t like to eat and it looked like they don’t like the same kinds of plants rabbits don’t. I like your Chanel and will be subscribing to it.

[@krissto22]

Yep, they did a good job on my Black-eyed Susan too. Tried garlic, pepper, urine and nothing works. The only one they didn’t devour were my hydrangeas. I think I have candytuft and you’re right, they don’t touch it. They even pick on my hostas too🙉. Thanks for your video👍 I will try your suggestions so wish me luck😉

[@joyceschneider8377]

Just found you, loved your list of what the rabbits don't eat. I am finding our neighborhood is overrun with rabbits BUT Proven Winners Supertunias, minivista, Salvia - Hot lips they stay away from.....I just caught them eating my daylilies UGH! and my black eyed susans. But I will try some on your list. Thank you. Oh and coleus they seem to leave alone. zone 8 Thank you again.

[@sandygar100]

I have begonias and the rabbits leave them alone. Thank you, you have given me several new ideas that I didn't know about😃

[@fayewike7363]

Enjoyed the video immensely! Knowledge mixed with humor; great combination! Can you tell us what are those shrubs behind you?

[@GardenSanity]

Why thank you Faye -- I appreciate your feedback very much! 😊 The shrubs are Red Tip Photinias that we let grow into trees. We absolutely love them, and every year there's at least two birds nests in them! 🐦🌳

[@fayewike7363]

@GardenSanity -Aaaahh! It's funny how the mind works. All the time I was watching the video, I was thinking: this woman seems like a next-door neighbor in my backyard. It was the Red Tips! We moved to NC in the 90's, the house on a lake, sloped yard with deck the length of the house. It's the 1st time I'd ever experienced red tips! They surrounded that deck! Thank you for bringing up a wonderful memory!

[@AnneMackechnie]

You're adorable!!! I never had a rabbit until this past two weeks. They ate my black eyed susans to the nub - my begonias, my lemon coral sedum and of course the deer ate my gorgeous hostas. So maddening!

[@EriciaVivianMoore]

You are so sweet and precious, Thank u so much for all your knowledge, it is well appreciated!

[@GardenSanity]

You're welcome! 😊 And thank you for your feedback! 💓

[@catherinejones6537]

Hi. I’m glad I found ur channel. I move To a new area. I took all my plants with me and planted them. I never had a problem with rabbits, but here there are hundreds of rabbits and they ate everything specially my coneflowers.

[@GardenSanity]

Oh Catherine, there's nothing worse than enjoying your garden in one location, then dealing with critters you never had to deal with before in your new location. ☹ I'm so sorry you're dealing with rabbits -- they are voracious eaters! I hope some of these plant solutions help -- but make sure to also watch my video about rabbit repellants to try as those may also help you. Rabbits are the worst!😵‍💫🐰

[@susanschellberg4509]

I've used many of these with success from rabbits and deer, especially lavender. Tried agastache, last year, to replace asters that rabbits devoured. It was beautiful, bloomed prolifically until frost and rabbits ignored. For the last few years they have been devouring my sedum which had been in the garden at least 20 years. Mixing containers through my beds, with plants they do eat, keeps them out of reach and adds different levels.

[@GardenSanity]

Thanks for sharing this Susan! 🙂 I’m going to try Agastache for the first time this year, so I’m looking forward to the (hopefully) long-blooming flowers as well as no rabbits bothering them! I’ve always wanted to plant Asters, but I know they wouldn’t stand a chance, unfortunately. That’s interesting about your Sedum - I’ve heard that from other gardeners as well. It sounds similar to my Black Eyed Susans which were never touched by rabbits for over a decade until just a few years ago. I was shocked! I love your idea about using containers in garden beds to keep plants out of reach of those bunnies. I definitely need to do this. I bet it looks lovely keeping things at different heights too! Thank you for the great suggestion! 😀👍

[@edithengel2284]

@@GardenSanity I had lovely asters for years, until they were demolished by bunnies starting about three years ago. I miss them.

[@WokelandDefector]

I just feed the bunnies fancy bunny food and they leave most, if not all, of my plants alone. I do get a lot of damage to some of my hostas but I think that is mostly the many deer in my area. But I don’t care. I love all of the animals and enjoy seeing them in my yard and helping them out a bit. ♥️🦌🐇

[@GardenSanity]

Well that's an interesting solution and it sounds like it's working well for you! (Yes, deer love hosta. It's often called Deer Candy because they will devour them.)

[@LT-uk6wg]

Stumbled on and I love this video. Wonder if you'd consider coming for a private planting session.

[@JohnandNancyTselepis]

Hello 🌷 Switched out gradually to plants that are bunny resistant,plus we had some already proven,just by happenstance ! No more problems. Happy.happy. Thks.so much for the added advice/experience. Love your channel. 🌈

[@mary-annloxhay3232]

Hello Laura, Thank you for your very informative enjoyable video. I grow Calendulas in my garden to keep the rabbits out. Especially my vegetable garden. And when planting spring bulbs especially tulips. Rabbits don't like the strong odor that Calandula give off. All the best. Mary-Ann. New Zealand

[@GardenSanity]

You're welcome Mary-Ann! And thank you for the great suggestion to grow Calendulas. 👍 I've never tried it, but have added it to my never-ending plant list. I don't grow Tulips because the rabbits just mow them down every year. They will nibble on at least one of my Daffodil stems every year, quickly learning it's not for them, so my Daffodils are safe. 😂 I appreciate your suggestion so much! (And I hope I get to visit New Zealand some day, it seems like a beautiful place to live!)

[@cherylbreedlove6211]

The rabbits destroyed my yarrow as well as just about everything else. I’m in Central Texas and we have been going through a bad drought and I attribute the drought as part of the reason the rabbits ate every single thing since everything else in their natural habitat was pretty much dead. Enjoyed the video as it seems there is a lot of talk on deer resistant plants and not many on rabbit resistant plants.

[@GardenSanity]

Hi Cheryl, I'm sorry the rabbits devoured your Yarrow -- but appreciate your sharing that here. Always good info to know, as rabbits will indeed eat just about anything when food is scarce. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you that A) the drought improves and B) there are some rabbit resistant plants that can work for you. It's a horrible feeling when rabbits ruin our gardens and that's what I went through two years ago, when it seemed like every single rabbit on the planet was in my garden feasting. 😐💛

[@DaisyMaeMoses]

I set Havahart traps and caught a bunch of them this year. I plan to have the traps set out year round.

[@edithengel2284]

I am so sorry; now you've got heat too. Hang in there.

[@GardenSanity]

@@DaisyMaeMoses Make sure you release the rabbits far away from your neighborhood, into the woods or giant field if possible. If releasing into a public space, make sure to triple-check you're not violating any town ordinances for wildlife -- wouldn't want you getting a ticket or fine! 💛

[@roxannefritz9062]

You provided a very good list. I would also add bleeding heart, iris, peony, daffodil, brunnera, turtlehead, ligularia, salvia, Montrose white calaminta, tiarella, and ferns. I have tried and failed with a lot of different deer and rabbit resistant plants, but these make it.

[@DaisyMaeMoses]

Yes, that is pretty much my list too. The rabbits ate my yarrow to stubs this year. Yarrow is supposed to be one of the perennials rabbits do not like.

[@GardenSanity]

This is a great list Roxanne, and yes -- perhaps I need to do a "part 2" of this list because there were just too many to include and I had to make a cutoff somewhere. 😂 Daffodils work wonderfully for me, and I'm adding bleeding heart and brunnera this year. Tiarella has been eaten by rabbits as I've unfortunately heard from many gardeners, but it's good to hear rabbits are leaving yours alone! Thanks for your list!💓

[@GardenSanity]

@@DaisyMaeMoses Thanks for sharing this Cheryl. I'm about to plant some Yarrow this year -- already have them -- and several gardeners here in the comments have also mentioned rabbits eating their Yarrow. And so...I guess this will be another experiment for me. I appreciate your comment!

[@ambermarie1382]

Yay!! I finally got two peony bushes in my yard and I came here to see if the rabbits will eat them or not. I would be really upset. They live under my deck

[@lizetteolsen3218]

Interesting perspective. I think it just depends on the hare. I have black-eyed susans jumping out of everywhere and the rabbits ignore. Same with the catmint. Problem for me with the catmint--it attracts every cat in the neighborhood--even the feral cat colony. I think there is a special cat sign, 'visit this place'. I suspect that when other neighbors have proper food gardens, that is where the rabbits go. They seem to just hang out in my yard for water and rest.

[@Rosie-nt6pr]

Shasta daisies in my garden have been invisible to deer and rabbits as have the dwarf butterfly bushes I planted at the same time. Everything else (and there’s been a lot) has been breakfast, lunch or dinner to some hungry mammal. Off the top of my head: guara, stonecrop, coleus, and coreopsis. Going in hard with a bunch of Rozanne this spring. I actually think I’ve been too hesitant. I think the idea is to drown the perennial bed in known deterrents as a base, and then add things you hope will make it in smaller quantities as “pops” of color. That’s my plan this spring anyway!

[@maureenmckenna5220]

Just found your channel, at the perfect time, as spring is right around the corner here in Virginia. Your suggestions are great, as I seem to have the perfect rabbit environment, and they seem here to stay. We do have hawks around, but the rabbits have the solution, which is reproducing often and young. You made many suggestions which fit my bill perfectly, rabbit resistant and dry conditions. Love that you get right to the point, without the needless chatter. Will be a fan for sure.

[@GardenSanity]

So glad you found my channel Maureen! ❤ (And yes, I'm not a fan of needless chatter either -- and my life isn't that interesting anyway!)🤣 We have several hawks always flying overhead too, and I told my husband I want to install several hawk perches for them. Can you imagine? 🤣 It would never work. But hawks supposedly have fantastic eyesight, so no idea why they aren't seeing them. As an aside, a hawk flew right past my head while I was gardening last year, and it was very startling to say the least!.

[@larosablooms]

I very much appreciated this video. I’ve had such bad luck with rabbits and I’m having to redesign everything.

[@GardenSanity]

Glad I could help! And I know what you’re going through because since the rabbits, I’ve had to rethink everything too. Definitely challenging but doable. 🙂

[@DiamondLil]

I read the title of this video as "19 perennials Rabbis hate"! 😂

[@DaisyMaeMoses]

And you found out they really love them, depending on region, climate, and circumstances. Me too.

[@GardenSanity]

OMG I'm laughing so hard at this! Thanks for sharing Kathy! 🤣

[@GardenSanity]

@@DaisyMaeMoses That's hilarious Daisy Mae, because I read your word above" region" as "religion" so now I'm mis-reading too! 😂

[@StormWarningMom]

Just the video I needed! I live in zone 8b in the pacific northwest, and I have one big bunny who's been mowing my yard all winter (lol), and lately discovered that he really likes my tulips that were planted here by the previous owner. Thankfully I have some tulips planted in containers that he can't get to so I should get some blooms this year.

[@smb123211]

I have virtually every one of these and they still get to my other plants - bell peppers, sun flowers (!!), cosmos, snapdragon, etc. I guess they have to eat too!

[@oldude960]

we planted hellabores on my grand mothers grave that was in a old very shaded section of the cemetary and after 3 years OMG they are big and beautyful i really recomend for ful shade

[@therestlessgardener9287]

I have more issues with deer, but your plant list of resistant plants is the same for both. And I have to agree...they don't read lists!! Beautiful gardens! 😍

[@GardenSanity]

Thank you! 😊 I’m fortunate not to have deer - however I completely sympathize with you, as my parents have deer regularly coming through their property. It’s not fun! And yes, if only they could read! Or at least be afraid of us, but no they are quite content to share our gardens, aren’t they? 🙃🙂

[@therestlessgardener9287]

@@GardenSanity Yes, unfortunately! I have taken to putting ugly green nets over my smaller needled and broadleaf evergreens in winter because nothing else works....the things we do for our gardens!

[@GardenSanity]

@@therestlessgardener9287 You’re right - the things we do! And I know I’d be using that same netting if I had to deal with deer, especially in Winter. Hope the netting works for you!

[@sandygar100]

Great video! Rabbits were eating my petunias and the garden center told me to spray them with liquid fence for deer and rabbits. They didn't come back all season and I sprayed the petunias again this year before the rabbits found them

[@florence290]

Very informative video. I’ve watched your video before, today I bought plants that, if I had gone through your video I would have a better choice. Thank you!

[@GardenSanity]

You’re welcome Florence! I hope the rabbits leave your pretty plants alone this season! 😀🌸

[@lynnjutras8664]

This was so informative! I am adding these to my garden this year. Thanks!

[@GardenSanity]

You're very welcome Lynn! I'm happy I could help, and please keep me posted on how these do for you this year! I know I'll definitely be doing more updates on these rabbit "resistant" plants in the future. 👍

[@jerrycallender9927]

Greetings from Tucson, Arizona. I raised Helleborus for 20 or so years in my Virginia Beach garden, and had 'bout 50 varieties. As you're new to Helleborus, PLEASE do NOT disturb the surrounding area and do NOT 'dead head'. The flowers produce seed which are distributed around the plant by the leaves, as the seeds fall. The seeds will germinate the following Spring, and when they reach their 2nd year they'll be strong enough for transplanting, and you'll begin a never-ending supply of plants to share.

[@GardenSanity]

Thank you so much Jerry for this advice! 👍 I really appreciate it. I never dead head the flowers -- only the dead, brown leaves. Did you leave the brown leaves on too?What's really interesting is that I still yet -- in mid-June -- have flowers that haven't fully dried up on my Candy Love Hellerbores. I am thrilled about it! Have you ever had them bloom that far into June? Also -- I'm curious if you had any favorite varieties? I bet they were beautiful! 😃

[@jerrycallender9927]

@@GardenSanity My gardening philosophy was, 'if it falls from above it stays', and being surrounded by 100' Poplars there was a lot falling, which creates the most wonderful soil. When the flowers are fading just finger rake whatever leaves are around the plant so the seeds have dirt on which to fall. In the Spring I'd cut out the dried up leaves, and then begin removing the 2-3 year old seedlings for potting. BLUE LADY' was my first and favorite. Wish I could send photos...I had blooms as did you in mid-January, in the snow, and thru May. As the blooms fade they take on a parchment tone and texture, then the seed pods form - normally 3 - pushing the flowers away, then the pods mature, open and drop seeds..

[@GardenSanity]

@@jerrycallender9927 Wow, the Blue Lady sounds lovely -- and I just looked up some images via Google -- so pretty! (But if you'd like to send photos you can send them to me: [e-mail] I think all three of my varieties so far are sterile, so no seedlings for me just yet. I'll have to add a variety that will seed around once I find the perfect spot to allow them to do so. (Although yes I could pot them up too.) Thanks for sharing what you did with your Hellebores -- this really helps! 👍

[@jerrycallender9927]

@@GardenSanity You won't see any seedlings for mebbe 2 years..I don't think I can send more than 4 photos at a time, and I'll start sending today.

[@GardenSanity]

@@jerrycallender9927 The 3 varieties I've planted so far are all sterile varieties, so no seedlings for me. But if I find the perfect spot, I think I'll grow some that will provide me with seedlings over the years! (Just adding it to my never-ending list of things I'd like to do!)

[@richwilson9517]

Thanks! terrific. just found this today wanting info on dafodils, but rabbits, grrrr. thanks again. rw

[@livenhfree]

Very informative, thank you. BTW, I have Catmint Walker's Low. Really spreads and gets big. Can overtake. I have to cut them back twice a year (Southern NH).

[@rameyzamora1018]

The best rabbit deterrent I've found is containers on relatively high walls. I make walls from various cement blocks which, when covered with blooming container plants, are highly serviceable. I also enjoy hand watering all my containers with a watering "can." Just lets me bond & talk with the plants every day. For me gardening is a form of worship & plants themselves are friends.

[@tammynelson9568]

I have many many rabbits and deer. I have learned by trial and error of what they won’t eat. I have learned if they are hungry enough they will eat anything. I also wish they could read, it would save us so much money. 😅. I appreciate your video and tips. ❤

[@GardenSanity]

You're welcome Tammy! You are so right that it comes down to trial and error -- which is also exactly what the deer and rabbits are doing too, when they sample all the plants we have. 🙃🙂 A few years ago was the worst for rabbit damage, and last year was a bit better. I haven't seen them for awhile...and I know they are plotting their next move...silently waiting to move back in. So my "Keep Out" signs still don't work. 😂 Let's hope these creatures can find some food elsewhere this Spring and Summer! 😀♥

[@tammynelson9568]

@@GardenSanity Agreed 100%. 😅

[@willaerley7140]

I can’t believe my bunny is still back there. I see a bobcat creeping around, hawks overhead, and there’s a fox who walks up the street without a care in the world. She was quite promiscuous last year as I was practically tripping over baby bunnies.

[@GardenSanity]

Wow, that’s some Alpha Bunny thriving with all those predators around! Hope those babies of hers moved away. I often look up at the hawks overhead and wonder if I need to install perches for them so they would spend more time in my yard. 🤣

[@lorismith5369]

Great video! Very informative! New subscriber …. Thank you 🌸

[@GardenSanity]

You're welcome Lori, and thank you for subscribing! I hope you enjoy my videos and feel free to jump in with any comments or questions! 🌺🏵🙂

[@KunyongPlantito0824]

Thank you for sharing your video, gery informative ❤❤❤

[@GardenSanity]

My pleasure!

[@margaretmarshall3645]

I’m in So Cal high desert zone 8b. The rabbits occasionally give a little nibble, but mostly leave my Euryops (Dahlberg Daisies), Osteospermum (African daisies) and Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii) alone. Also rosemary and lavender.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Texas Sage, Texas mountain laurel and mint (spearmint etc) work also. I live in the Mojave also. The donkeys and horses don't bother them either. I have so much rosemary (planted by the previous owner) that I prune in the spring, then put the branches on a tarp until they dry. Once dry, I put another tarp on the pile and do a happy dance on it to separate the leaves from the branches. Then, I use all the dried leaves as mulch for my veggies.

[@edithengel2284]

@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 Must smell awesome!!

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

@@edithengel2284 Yeah, like an Italian restaurant.

[@GardenSanity]

A little nibble sounds doable, like you can live with it. I would be fine with that too Margaret!. 👍This Summer -- even though the rabbits were around much less -- I still think they are plotting a return! 😮😅

[@EdinaCloud]

V helpful as 2 rabbits have just moved in to our rural spot in the U.K. and it’s simultaneously reassuring as I have many of the lovely plants you’ve mentioned in my own flower beds which are some of my absolute favourites. Many thanks. 🤞

[@terribishop5313]

Excellent video I know youve put a ton of work and money into beating the rabbits. Much appreciated

[@jimrobinson6426]

We have lots of rabbits and I built a fence around my vegetable garden due to their damage, but they don’t damage my flowers very much.

[@lisabeaver7061]

Where have been all of my gardening life ❤

[@GardenSanity]

😂 I’m glad you found me Lisa! ❤️

[@peggymalabuyoc9150]

Just found your channel and I loved this video! So enjoyable to watch! Many thanks for the tips and information you shared. Your planting beds/garden look beautiful. Take care! 👌🪴🥰

[@GardenSanity]

Thank you so much Peggy -- I really appreciate your feedback! 😀🧡🌺

[@frankn4576]

I live up north, Canada, zone 3. My go-to perennials are Bee Balm, Peony, Yarrow, Joe Pye weed, Lily of the Valley and Lungwort. But it all depends on the rabbit.....or Deer. Cheers

[@chancellorism]

I plant for my rabbits bc it feeds the food chain and I love watching them along with the birds of pray that come 😊

[@sueleigh1813]

My rabbits ate those perennial geraniums 😢 I bought a whole bunch and they ate them all so disappointing. It’s such a lovely flower. They haven’t touched my bleeding hearts, columbine, Solomon’s seal, or astilbe so far. Hoping to try a few more on your list this season 🤞

[@sjordan7085]

Well, you could consider planting cilantro, my rescued rabbits love it, along with an abundance of 'volunteer' dandelions LOL. I love rabbits, especially the wild ones that come into my garden along with deer. They are welcome to help themselves anytime, if they eat what I plant, I just plant more. They were here first and are certainly a lot less trouble than many humans I know!

[@veronicacarmody115]

I have several agastache, the hummingbirds love them. They do great in Colorado with the dry heat! They have a scent to the leaves that smells like Double Bubble bubble gum.

[@susieeguez2148]

Can you do a video regarding how to get rid of voles and if there are certain plants voles don't like? I'm new to your videos and am enjoying them. Thanks!

[@michellelim8958]

Thanks for the video! I love the idea about planting the grape sensation blanket flower around brown eyed Susan. Can you recommend where I could buy the seeds online? I haven’t found them yet. Ty!

[@allisonpouncey4770]

What is the name of the trees/shrub behind you? Very pretty, great privacy screen.

[@donnacrawford3667]

I just found your channel. Thank you so much for your clear and concise explanations. Wonderful!!

[@GardenSanity]

You're welcome Donna! And thank you for the feedback -- it's much appreciated! Hope you'll stick around! 🙂🌸🌿

[@loricawley54]

Hey, Laura! Good to see u again! Fortunately, I have no deer or rabbit pressure, just squirrels. I have added some of the globe type alliums for the first time in my garden and some tulips which I covered with hardware cloth to keep the squirrels away. However, being in Tx, zone 8a, where the sun is absolutely blistering, it’s an experiment. I chilled them in the fridge tho for 13 weeks so we shall see what happens. I have zero shade right now bc we pulled out the diseased big trees and planted new young trees. I’d love to get some hellebores, but going to have to wait a few yrs (a lot of yrs 😜) for some shade lol. Can’t wait to see the new additions in ur garden! 🥰

[@GardenSanity]

Hi Lori - likewise! 😊 You’re fortunate with no deer or rabbits - but squirrels can be just as much of a nuisance! (I’ve got them too, but can so far handle their antics.) Fingers crossed for your alliums and tulips - I hope you have a beautiful display this Spring! Re: the Hellebores, that was me years ago waiting for some shade with our young trees too. Before you know it, the welcome shade will be there for you! 🌳🌷

[@DaisyMaeMoses]

I have squirrels too. I used to hate them, but this year I have a plague of rabbits. I will take squirrels over rabbits any day!

[@loricawley54]

@cherylweiner1375 U could try building cages out of the hardware cloth (metal wire stronger than chicken wire with smaller holes) to put around ur plants to keep the rabbits out.

[@terishows2927]

I’m in IL and the rabbits decimated my (2) full size globe hinoki cypress bushes and the past two years has gnawed at my allium. The only time I’ve been able to have a nice garden was about 3-4 years ago when the coyote population was high in my town. My little dog seems to enjoy catching them when he can.

[@karenwagner6880]

Both rabbits and deer aren’t bothering my bleeding hearts - and they’re just lovely.

[@marcelacecil3036]

Hellebores are all over my yard, zone 9. You are right that rabbits won’t eat them. I have lots of colors, yellow, pink, fuchsia, chocolate brown and all shades in between. My complaint is that once you plant them, they self seed very easily, hence all the colors I have, despite only planting a pink shade. My biggest complaint is that apparently they are a host plant for white fly. 😢

[@GardenSanity]

Hi Marcela -- yes, I've heard that too: the self-seeding can be bothersome. I've planted only sterile varieties, meaning they don't set or drop seed, so I'm fortunate not to deal with seedlings which often times don't bloom like the parent plant. I haven't noticed any white fly issues on mine. I do know that Hellebores can be hit with the Hellebore Aphid, but again I haven't personally had that issue. Spray some neem oil around the base of the plants, but try to avoid the flowers so the bees can enjoy them!

[@deejustdee4752]

Can you do a video on potted plants. Which ones work best in shade. I have a sunscreen on my back patio and I'd like to grow some potted plants that do well.

[@GardenSanity]

Hi Dee! I don't really have potted plants in general. Usually just a few outdoors "if" I can't figure out where to plant something in the ground. I think once I have everything "in" the ground and am finally (hah!) satisfied, then I may move on to potted plants. If you use the KZbin search bar and type in various searches like "potted plants for patio" or "potted plants for shade" and so on, you should be able to find some great videos from other gardeners. I hope so! Thanks anyway for asking! 🪴🙂

[@deejustdee4752]

@@GardenSanity OK, Thanks.

[@tsarchasm8492]

Hi. Thanks for your video. I live in zone 5B and have both groundhogs and rabbits happily munching through my garden. The groundhogs are definitely the worst culprits! But they are adorable, so we get along. Plants that have survived: Lungwort, clematis, daylilies, lilies, tradescantia, peony, veronica, liatris, goutweed, bouncing betty, astilbe, ferns, feverfew, russian sage, roses, hollyhocks, lavender, chives, columbine, goldenrod, jacob's ladder, black-eyed susan, monarda, digitalis, hydrangea, iris, geraniums, hosta, moss phlox, sundrops, goat's beard and shasta daisy. Plants that did NOT make it despite every effort... Phlox, Echinacea (I can't believe these little guys can distinguish between the echinacea and the black-eyed susan), alchemilla mollis, wild campanula( I am grateful they are eating this incredibly invasive plant - maybe a dedicated bed of this stuff with deep-dug barriers so it doesn't escape would give rabbits something to eat) and the liatris plant in that bed. I have garlic planted all around the liatris plant in another bed and it's doing fine. Interesting.

[@edithengel2284]

That is impressive! Local groundhogs (Massachusetts) are crazy about monarda--I can't grow it any more. As with you, they eat echinacea (but also black-eyed susan), phlox, campanula, but so far the lady's mantle has been okay. I think our groundhogs and rabbits have developed a taste for onion and garlic, which is unfortunate! That's a good idea about the wild campanula.

[@MD062010]

Love the video! I see you're still battling rabbits- I still am as well! Regarding the serendipity alliums- the rabbits have never bothered mine. I've also noticed that the rabbits may nibble on certain perennials- possibly get sick and then leave them alone in subsequent years (example mums. One year they devoured entire mums-- and have never touched them again.) Here in Rochester, NY-- unfortunately, the rabbits have eaten my veronica and even blanket flower. However, I have noticed that if I protect plants (especially ornamental grasses) until they get large enough, the rabbits will leave certain perennials alone that they will eat when they're small--- sedum is another good example of this. They'll eat my ground cover sedums over winter when there's no other food and during early spring (I suspect for the same reason). However, once there's other food options and the sedums are big enough, they're typically left alone. I have many different varieties. They've also never really bothered my Japanese anemone or milk weed. Also regarding ornamental grasses, I notice the fountain grasses are left alone once they get to a larger size. And lavender and catmint are the only plants in my garden that the rabbits have never even attempted to eat (at least so far). Regarding your troubles with catmint- I have noticed that they're very sensitive to being too wet and in my experience only the larger varieties have responded to being renewal pruned. Otherwise, I've had a great time propagating and catmint. Good luck!

[@GardenSanity]

Thank you -- and yes those rabbits are still around. And when I don't see them, I think they are hiding somewhere...plotting their next move on my plants! 🐰Sorry that you're still battling them as well. 😐 You're right about protecting the young (and low) new foliage. I use chicken wire cloches to cover some of those plants -- like my Black Eyed Susans. However -- one year, even with them fully grown and flowering, the rabbits chomped them right down. But last year, the rabbits left them alone. So I wish I could figure them out, as I did everything else the same. I'm trying to plant more rabbit "resistant" plants around some of my perennials, and I'm even considering adding some herbs they don't like tucked in around plants as well. Maybe you can try that around your Veronica and Blanket Flower? 🐇 As for Japanese Anemone -- I'm jealous of yours because mine got out of hand and took over one of my backyard beds. Now I have to keep pulling it out and probably will be forever. I loved it while it was tame and they are SO beautiful. And yes, no rabbits touched them! Maybe I should have done the opposite: remove all the OTHER plants and kept it just a bed of Japanese Anemone. That would have looked gorgeous when in bloom! (Sigh.) 🌸 I appreciate your advice on the catmint. I think I still have one or two somewhere, and I might dig them up and move them to a dry spot AND not prune them, despite being told to do so previously. Thanks for the tips! 💛🌿

[@karenakers4638]

Just found your channel and subscribed. Your very informative and charming.❤

[@kodak_jack]

We had no sooner planted geraniums to keep critters out of our flower beds and a female rabbit showed up and dug up a nice area for her to sit in!!!

[@timb7775]

Bunnies are eating my wildflowers and flowers off my wave pentunias so just started spraying everything with diluted hot sauce. Only the 3rd day but they do seem to be staying away from them, can see new flowers blooming already. I usually didnt have a problem until I sprayed weed killer on the lawn and got rid of all the clover. I would plant a patch of clover but I dont want to encourage them to even come on the property. Maybe ill spread some clovers seeds in the neighbors yards at night, probably the best thing to do so the bunnies go over there instead.

[@GardenSanity]

I can't recommend planting clover in your neighbor's yard 🤣but I completely understand you wanting the rabbits to go elsewhere! I hope the diluted hot sauce continues to work. If it doesn't, I have a separate video (the link is above in the description box) on the best rabbit repellents you can try.

[@daryldoucette3905]

I want to warn you to try to let your Yarrow mature before putting it in the garden! I've lost two--in different places in yard. Possibly the softness of the new leaves?? So Let them mature a bit first. Thanks for all the info and ideas!!

[@donaldvansuilichem7452]

The rabbits also ate my perennial geraniums to the ground. Even a number of varieties.

[@GardenSanity]

Sadly, I've heard this from a few gardeners in these comments, so I mentioned as much in my "Geranium Rozanne" video I recorded after this one. It's such a shame because perennial geraniums are true workhorses in the garden. Thank you for sharing this.

[@endlessvoyageca7518]

Rabbits have eaten my Monarda - bee balm down to a 1/2 inch stem for the past 3 years and I think I have finally given up. They also did a number on my hellebores last year and the year before but not down to the ground.

[@GardenSanity]

Oh no! So sorry this happened to you -- I'm especially surprised about the Hellebores. 🙁 Have you tried any rabbit repellents? I'm hoping those might help. 🤞

[@skeeterradar]

ive successfully grown all of these perennials in my zone 3 garden, except for the hellebore. i would encourage gardeners in colder zones to experiment with perennials that are supposedly not hardy.

[@GardenSanity]

Wow Rick - you have all of these in your zone 3 garden? That’s wonderful! (Except for Hellebores, which are lovely.) Yes, that’s a great suggestion for gardeners to experiment with plants possibly “not” hardy in their zones. It can be tough sometimes, when budgeting for plants, as the first reaction is to purchase plants that are reliably hardy in one’s zone so that the money is well spent. But yes, a fabulous suggestion - thanks! 🙂

[@susanburkholder]

Great list. Do you have recommendations how to keep rabbits from nesting in your garden? They don't eat the plants but do significant damage digging and nesting. Can't keep them out of one spot in my flower garden.

[@marialicemorgan19]

Just discovered you channel. Thanks for this info. Struggle with rabbits groundhogs and deer. They don’t eat my irises or peonies.

[@GardenSanity]

Hi Marialice -- the struggle is real, as they say! 😬 My parents now have all three as well. The groundhog is especially troublesome. We think he has built an underground city spanning several yards! Glad they are leaving your irises and peonies alone! 🤞

[@JaxBachtle]

I've grown catmint for 4 years, all along the side of my garage. The only critter that I ever see around them are bees & the occasional kitty. Our neighborhood has a serious infestation of rabbits & squirrels, so I think catmint is a very safe bet. We also have sedums that no pests have ever touched in the 4 years we've had them.

[@GardenSanity]

I can imagine how beautiful the Catmint looks along the side of your garage! 💜 I love Catmint, but unfortunately didn’t have luck with it. But what I did love was that rabbits left it alone! (And yes, squirrels can be just as bothersome!) You’re fortunate that Sedums haven’t been touched. Mine haven’t either - but a few gardeners have let me know that rabbits have eaten theirs. Fingers crossed that ours remains off the rabbit menu! 🤞😀

[@gaillamont9134]

So far rabbits haven’t touched my Foxglove , very pretty plant , just stunning

[@lindamyers953]

Just found and subscribed! I live on the west coast on an island in the Puget Sound! Most of the plants you mentioned will do well here. We have herds of deer and hordes of rabbits so gardening can be a challenge. One plant I've found that neither species like is alyssum. Small plants may be uprooted, but get spit out without being damaged. Come to think of it, neither both any of my different cultivars of poppies. I'll be binge watching your other informative videos!😎

[@brockreynolds870]

They will not touch Iris, Peonies, or Daylilies. They also will not touch Stokesia, Tritoma, or Hardy Hibiscus. In regards to annuals, you can grow most AYNTHING you want, the key is to spray the plant with liquid fence THE DAY YOU PLANT THEM. If their first taste is a bad one, I find they leave them alone for the rest of the season. For stuff that is liked by them, make cylinders out of green vinyl dipped chicken wire, and pin them down with sod staples. Anuuals they will not touch, that you don't have to treat are Ageratum, Vinca, Geraniums.

[@edithengel2284]

This is great video--thanks! Lady's mantle, lavender, peonies, catmint, calantha, Joe pyeweed, and iris (but not the Little Rock irises ☹) are all surviving nicely (knock on wood). One or two varieties of allium were eaten pretty much down to the ground but others did really well. (I have to look up which survived the rabbit onslaught.) Our house had a substantial hosta garden when we moved in, and the hostas are now providing a free lunch to rabbits and deer. Chrysanthemums are a rabbit favorite. They tried my oakleaf hydrangea, but apparently didn't care for it. I now cage all my roses, and all new plants get either a cloche or chicken wire. I bought a child's squirt gun and spritz the bunnies when I encounter them; it doesn't hurt them or permanently discourage them, but it makes me feel better. What I wish the rabbits would eat is my lily of the valley, which has become incredibly invasive in the last few years, but I think the cardiac glycosides in the lilies repel them. (PS Do you have groundhogs? Even more voracious than rabbits.)

[@ambermarie1382]

I was worried about the new oakleaf hydrangea I put in. I heard someone say they eat them but I really hope not

[@chrismarchetti-olson6632]

Those are some gangsta bunnies you have there! 😂😂😂 they show up every year. I put food hoping they will stay away from the plants but in Wisconsin with -20, they have nothing to eat yet lol. thank you for your wonderful video 🌸🌸🌸

[@GardenSanity]

Well Chris, you're lucky -- and the bunnies aren't -- that your garden restaurant is closed! 🤣🐰

[@chrismarchetti-olson6632]

@@GardenSanity unless they like bird food!!!! The deer love it and stay away from the plants…… gotta feed the whole wild life hood here 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GardenSanity]

Super impressed the deer leave your plants alone! You may need to patent your system for turning them onto bird food! 😀 I’m imagining you leaving out 50-pound sacks of bird seed at a time! 😂🤣

[@chrismarchetti-olson6632]

@@GardenSanity 🤣🤣🤣 that’s exactly it!!! I leave quite a bit and these poor creatures are so hungry they would probably eat any plant that is visible. But they are a bit greedy because they also go in the heated birdbath and drink half the water too 🤣🤣🤣! Maybe I should invite them in to see if they’d like to watch some tv too!! 😂😂😂 I’m dying!!!! But as soon as spring comes ( late May early June here in Siberia aka Wisconsin lol) I double up on the deer spray concentrate and they can go eat other peoples plants now that I got them all nice and chubby!!! 😂😂

[@GardenSanity]

OMG i’m dying laughing! 🤣😂🤣🦌 In the Summer, there will be a news story on TV about strange deer eating out of everyone’s bird feeders and nobody understands why. You’ll see this on TV and just sink down into your couch cushions a bit realizing what you started. 😂🤣😂

[@bullobca]

We have a huge problem with rabbits in our yard here in Ontario Canada. They will eat literally anything. I think especially the young ones, they don't know what they like yet so they sample it all! This year we haven't had as bad a time and I realized a neighbour's new tomcat is patrolling the yard and he may be keeping them away. Thanks for the list, I'll look into giving some a try. Cheers from Canada (sorry for the smoke..)

[@rosiesingleton6480]

Hi Laura, I was thinking of getting denim & lace Russian Sage. Is Bluejean Baby even smaller ?

[@GardenSanity]

Hi Rosie, I went back and forth trying to decide between those two varieties. They seem relatively the same, but according to a Russian Sage trial that Chicago Botanical Garden did, it appears like Blue Jean Baby may be more compact. Here’s a link for you, as it’s got lots of interesting info: www.chicagobotanic.org/sites/default/files/pdf/plantevaluation/no46_perovskia.pdf 💜

[@rosiesingleton6480]

@@GardenSanity thanks Laura 😉 that was very thoughtful of you

[@GardenSanity]

@@rosiesingleton6480 No problem Rosie! 🙂

[@Janpre2001]

I am in NJ also - just north of Princeton in South Brunswick. Rabbits eat my hostas every year. I've tried using the Liquid Fence. It only kept me away due to the smell. The don't bother my black eyed susans nor my lambs ear or sedums (I have several varieties). It seems mostly my hostas and only the tender green ones. The more waxy leaves the do not touch. I love rabbits but they are killing my hosta garden again. In the fall/winter I have the squirrels who keep stealing all my bulbs. Fall of 2022 I planted a few dozen bulbs of different varieties of plants - some of which you mentioned. Nothing came up in the spring except for 4 Alliums. Later that spring I was cleaning out a garden that had stepping stones in it. I had to dig out the stones as they were getting lopsided. Under two of the stones I found about 12 bulbs that the squirrels must have dug up from my garden across the yard and put them under the stones for safe keeping. Unfortunately they were a bit slimy so I figured they'd never grow but for the fun of it, I planted t hem in a pot. Within a week they were dug up and stolen again! I wonder where they put them this time! I will try and incorporate some of the plants you suggested but if they are bulbs, I don't hold out much hope that they will survive the squirrels. Years ago had about 250 tulip, daffs and gladiola bulbs and withing one winter they stole them all. I had actually given up on bulbs until the ones I planted in 2022.

[@penniewareing8993]

I have a rabbit that is living in my lavender plant in the garden. Now it is winter and there is snow on the ground. I also have a golden retriever that is seven months old that cannot stay away from the rabbit poop that is all around this hole that the rabbit has made. Do you know of a product, a granular product that I can use that won’t hurt my dog?

[@GardenSanity]

Hi Pennie - I have a video on my channel all about rabbit repellents that includes several pet-safe options. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aou9dIh_a8mBh7M 🙂 As for granules that specifically will also repel your puppy, Bonide makes a product called “Rabbit, Dog and Cat Go Away!” that they say will also repel dogs from an area. They say the product can be used as a training aid as well as a repellent. You can find it on Bonide’s website: bonide dot com. I hope this helps! 👍

[@kathryngalajda3553]

I too have had my nepeta destroyed by bunnies. My best so far are Penstemon, grasses like japanese forest and imperata red baron, peony, salvia, poppies, ajuga, delphiniums, coreopsis and echinacea surprisingly. I also have a acanthus (bear’s breeches) they never touch but now I want to get rid of it and it’s proving to be VERY difficult. Bergenia is another good perennial that is evergreen spring flowering and not very well known and they have never touched it.