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Rabbit proof shade shrubs

madisonkathy
13 years ago

I've had it with the rabbits! Every spring, I find every new shrub chewed down by the rabbits. Hydrangea, yews, coralberry, even part shade roses get decimated. Other than a recipe for stew, does anyone have any shade shrubs that those critters don't like?

Comments (6)

  • railroadrabbit
    13 years ago

    I sprinkle blood meal lightly around my yard. Be careful--if you put too much, it will smell rotten when it gets wet.

    I also put hair clippings from the local barber shop on the ground.

    I don't see rabbits in my yard now.

  • madisonkathy
    Original Author
    13 years ago

    I've tried a product called Plantskydd (it's concentrated dried blood). The yard looks like something's been butchered and it smells, but it works....in the summer. My problem is all winter. Every spring after the snow melts, my new shrubs are twigs. (I have 3 year old shrubs that never got bigger than 2'or so). I've tried liquid fence, hair clipping, even canes cut from rose bushes surrounding the shrubs. I wonder if there's something I can do in the fall to keep the critters from feasting all winter.

  • railroadrabbit
    13 years ago

    Call your county extension agent office. They may have suggestions.

    Perhaps you could feed them something else. Maybe even throw alfalfa pellets in a neighbor's yard?

  • sprout_wi
    13 years ago

    Get a bag of Lilorganite from your garden center. Sprinkle a little around the plants. Repels deer and rabbits. Lasts all season. I swear by it.

  • sprout_wi
    13 years ago

    Sorry - I meant MILORGANITE (not Lilorganite)

  • madisonkathy
    Original Author
    13 years ago

    Thanks, sprout. That's one I haven't tried...and it's local.

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