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JapaneseB's Won'tEat:

october17
18 years ago

I found a list on the web which states that the beetles won't eat these plants. Anyone know any different? What do you grow that they don't eat? I just want to grow stuff they won't eat, I don't like chemicals and really don't want to have to spend so much time picking them off my plants. Below the web list, is my own list.

ageratum, ailanthus, arborvitae, ash, aster, babies breath, balsam, balsam fir, bamboo, beautyberry, beebalm, begonia, black locust, bleeding heart, boxelder, browneyed Susan, butternut, caladium, candytuft, carnation, Carolina allspice, Catawba rhododendron, catnip, Chinese azalea, Chinese lantern-plant, Chinese redbud, chrysanthemum, clematis, cockscomb, columbine, coneflower, coralbells, coreopsis, cornflower, cosmos, crassula, cryptomeria, English ivy, euonymus, false dragonhead, flowering tobacco, forget-me-not, forsythia, foxglove, dogwood, dusty miller, gaillardia, gardenia, goldenglow, ginkgo, ground myrtle, hazelnut, hemlock, hickory, hollies, hydrangea, hyssop, Iceland poppy, iris, Japanese honeysuckle, Japanese pagodatree, Japanese pieris, Japanese spurge, juniper, lantana, larkspur, lilac, lilies, lily of the valley, lion's heart, magnolia, maidenhair fern, maidenhair tree, maples other than Norway, matrimonyvine, mignonette, mimosa, mockorange, motherwort, mountain bluet, mountain laurel, mulberry, mullein, nasturtium, oaks other than chestnut and pin, Oriental poppy, ox-eye daisy, pampas grass, pansy, pear, persimmon, petunia, phlox, pine, pinxterbloom azalea, plaintain lily, portulaca, privet, purple loosestrife, pyracantha, pyrethrum daisy, rabbiteye blueberry, rosebay rhododendron, sedum, smoketree, snapdragon, snowberry, spearmint, spiderwort, spruce, strawflower, swamp azalea, sweetgum, sweetpea, sweetpotato, sweet scabious, sweet William, tamarisk, tawny daylily, tiger lily, tuliptree, verbena, violet, Virginia dayflower, wandering Jew, waterlily, white top, white turtlehead, wild bergamot, wild indigo, winterberry, winter honeysuckle, yew, and yucca.

Pampass grass, sage, rosemary, thyme, sumac, shasta daisy, gloriosa daisy, oriental lily, black-eyed susan vine, sweet autumn clematis, impatiens.

Would love to hear about other stuff they won't eat!!!!

Comments (4)

  • username_5
    18 years ago

    I don't know about their not eating anything on your list. Rather it seems they have preferences and if there is enough of a yummy item then they leave less desirables alone.

    If there aren't enough yummy items, then they pick the least undesirable and decimate that.

    So, the trick is to compile a list of les desirable items, as you are doing, as well as a list of yummy items. Recommend the yummy items to others in the area ;-)

  • october17
    Original Author
    18 years ago

    Oh Boy. It sounds like you mean to say, they eat everything. Someone please tell me that's not true! In the back of my mind, I think you are right username. I'd find a stray here and there on other plants, one on a marigold, one on my sumac (but I don't think it had eaten the sumac). I won't give up tho! I've winter sowed some of the stuff on the list and will keep searching.
    LOL, I like the idea of recommending their favorites to my neighbor, the one I don't like, who has asked me for gardening advice. She'll have a virtual forest of zinnias and dahlias this year! LOL! (Just kidding.)

  • october17
    Original Author
    18 years ago

    Did I post this on the wrong board? Maybe I should've posted on my regional board. Guess I'm the only one obsessed with finding what they won't eat!

  • diane_nj 6b/7a
    18 years ago

    Well, I'll just note that lilac and lily of the valley are finished by the time JB's appear here, so for me that list is a bit misleading.

    I've not seen any on the lavender, but then they have all of those nice tasty roses to nibble on, who needs to find the lavender.

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