Bunnie proof plants anyone?

Discussion in 'Gardening Discussions' started by Small orange giraffe, Mar 28, 2007.

  1. Small orange giraffe

    Small orange giraffe Gardener

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    I have two bunnies (two cats, and two step-kids!)

    Anyway, my naughty girl bunny eats my plants like a locus storm, see fig 1 & 2 below:

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    I had so many lovely flowers & plants in my garden last year, and now it is totally baron! I literally only have one plant left out of 100's! And its a topiary tree where she can't eat the leaves!

    Does anyone else have bunnies, or can someone recommend bunny safe non-tasty plants that I can put in my garden this year!

    Thanks all!
     
  2. walnut

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    Your best bet is to put your bunny in a pen one you can move about the lawn then you are not restricted to bunny proof plants
     
  3. Kandy

    Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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    SMO,you will have to be careful what you let your bunnies eat as they could eat plants that are poisonous to them.When our rabbits were alive my hubby made a run for the from wood and chicken wire where we placed them in the summer months to eat the grass which they loved....

    I used to have one like yours.Her name was Snowy and lived until she was nine [​IMG]
     
  4. UsedtobeDendy

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    I love that photo of your rabbit in the container!! :D

    Yes, I agree with Walnut! Putting the rabbit in a pen you move around the grass area will let you have whatever plants you want!

    We had a free-roaming rabbit (our own, of course!) in the lower, mostly paved, area of our garden, but he wasn't allowed up to the top area, which helped. The one plant down in his area which he nibbled was the honeysuckle, and we protected the stems with a plastic bottle, which solved the problem.
     
  5. frogesque

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    Onions go well with stuffed rabbit ?! (Ooops! [​IMG] )

    Seriously, rabbits are vegetarian and eat plants. It's what they 'do' apart from breeding like ... errr... rabbits. Best advice is as above, create a movable pen or run and protect vulnerable stems or tree bark with plastic bottles in case bun does escape.
     
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