Beautiful Native Plants that Repel Rabbits and Rodents

Welcome to our channel! In this video, we explore some stunning native plants that not only add beauty to your garden but also help repel rabbits and rodents. These plants are perfect for anyone looking to maintain a beautiful, low-maintenance garden with natural pest control.
Here are the amazing plants featured in this video:
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Known for its beautiful lavender blooms and aromatic foliage, Wild Bergamot is a favorite among pollinators and a deterrent to rabbits and rodents.
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata)
This unique plant features spotted flowers that attract bees and butterflies while its strong scent keeps pesky critters at bay.
Bradbury's Monarda (Monarda bradburiana)
With its soft pink flowers and delightful fragrance, Bradbury's Monarda is both a garden showstopper and a natural repellent.
Red Beebalm (Monarda didyma)
Also known as Scarlet Beebalm, this vibrant red flowering plant is loved by hummingbirds and butterflies but not by rabbits and rodents.
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
This plant's striking pink or white spikes are a standout in any garden, and its minty scent helps deter unwanted garden guests.
Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
With its delicate, slender leaves and small white flowers, Slender Mountain Mint is a powerful natural repellent with a refreshing mint aroma.
Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
This plant's strong minty fragrance is highly effective in keeping rabbits and rodents away while attracting beneficial insects.
Lavender Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
Known for its beautiful lavender-blue spikes and sweet licorice scent, Lavender Hyssop is a lovely addition to any garden and a deterrent to pests.
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[@anthonyfrisk449]

Great info! The best rabbit resistant plants I have in my garden include perennial allium, catmint, beebalm, Ninebark, bearded Iris, mountain mint, and juniper. Plants in the rose family are devoured by rabbits . I’m from Minneapolis, MN, zone 5a. I also grow Bradburys Monarda. Grows well. Purchased from Prairie Moon Nursery.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for sharing your plant/rabbit experience! I am also glad to know that Bradburys Monarda grows well for you. That is a species I want to try.

[@joyceliggett5314]

I recently discovered this channel. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT ❤️!! from western lake county IL. Thank you!!

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you! And thank you for planting native!

[@meridithbergesen45]

Thank you, great information.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for watching!

[@ZZ_Trop]

The foxes do pretty good work in Lockport Illinois. At least 3-4 times a week I'll see one trotting down the street w/ a rabbit in their mouth while on my early morning dog walk. I had one in my garden this season that my dogs got but otherwise I have had zero damage.

[@judywood4530]

I live in Michgian (lower peninsula) and just discovered your channel. Subscribed immediately. Great information.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for subscribing and for planting native!

[@theawilkins3417]

I love these talks. I live in Wisconsin, so it's great to learn more about native plants in our region.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for watching and for planting native!

[@elainemadden1298]

The additional information you provided was very helpful. Thank you

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

You are welcome! Thank you for watching.

[@twalsworth4472]

This channel is so helpful. I live near the Indiana Dunes, so your information pertains to me. Thank you !!

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for watching and for planting native!

[@SSSHILOH4]

Love your content - from zone 7 south central Missouri Ozark region.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you and hello!

[@charlesbale8376]

Appreciated your thoughts and information.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for watching!

[@garybrinker4522]

I have lots of Wildmint and lots of Rabbits and Squirrels..Rabbits even ate my Yucca in Winter..Walnuts are falling and Squirrels are happy in Eastern Nebraska 😎

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Wow, you have some hungry rabbits!

[@lukegarfield4783]

This is such helpful advice -I really love your videos! My soft heart now wants to know what to plant that my rabbits CAN eat…

[@lukegarfield4783]

Are there plants they love that also happen to be really hardy and can take the lovin’?

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

@@lukegarfield4783 Thanks for watching! Rabbits LOVE Leadplant and New Jersey Tea. The trick is to get these plants established for a year or two by keeping them covered with a chicken wire cloche. Once they are established, some rabbit grazing will absolutely be tolerated by the plants!

[@lukegarfield4783]

@@sagmorainenativeplantcommunitythank you for the advice ❤️🙌🏻

[@garybrinker4522]

Clovers

[@read_reviewsew674]

Newbie gardener here in Tucson, Arizona. I suspect rabbits have been the culprit eating my sweet potato plants. I did notice that the green colored ones were their favorite instead of the purple colored ones😂

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Sorry about your vine. Interesting to note that they don't like the purple foliage as well. Cultivation of natives that causes the flowers or leaves to be a different color has also been found to make them less attractive to pollinators.

[@cbak1819]

I have plantain all over my lawn.. they have other things they can eat. I have manarda in the middle of 10x4 raised bed and the rabbits go in and sit in there😂.. sadly our pollinator population has really diminished. But my husband noticed that the butterfly milkweed had lots of them on there, but I only have a very small patch.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Luckily, not many other than pollinators like to eat milkweed. Pollinators have greatly diminished and it is both sad and scary. However, since I started adding more natives to my landscape over the last 5 years, I am really starting to see it rebound. I think it is key to not blow all the leaf litter away in the fall.

[@emkn1479]

I haven’t seen the blooms on my monarda for years now, thanks to the lousy deer 😭 they’re such terrors

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Wow, so sorry! That will have to be a future topic.

[@emkn1479]

@@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity unfortunately many things that are on “deer resistant” and “deer proof” lists do not apply in my gardens! They eat nearly everything.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

@@emkn1479 They must be excessively hungry or you have an excessive number. If more people would create good plant habitat on their property, they could meander around rather than devour one landscape.

[@emkn1479]

@@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity I’m near a gameland in a rural area with farmland. There’s plenty of habitat, we just have way too many.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

@@emkn1479 It sure is a problem. We took away their predators and created a real ecosystem imbalance. I'm sorry that you are in an area that feels that so dramatically.

[@cbak1819]

People drop off squirrels into my neighbor hood.. I just saw a male chasing a female..rabbit🙃

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Sounds like wildlife love your area!