Rabbits clearcut the stems of my roses--do they have a chance?
Aaron Rosarian Zone 5b
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Comments (8)I would fence it now. If it does comeback, bush should have great color in the new branches. The rabbits didn't bother mine either until spring. I guess the bark tastes good then. However you can't trust rabbits, they chew when they feel like it, so I put my fence on mine in late fall. I keep it fenced from fall until leaves start sprouting. These bushes need an annual shearing of the thin branches each spring. If you do not shear them, you just get green leaves on the old growth wood. I was being nice the first year after planting, didn't shear it off. The whole year was a big nothing for color. I got real unhappy with it, sheared it strongly the next spring after. Bush came back strongly, had white leaves, good color until August. Located in a damp location, which willows like. Half day of shade so the white is very bright there, which is what I was hoping for against the dark green behind it. Again, I get the twiggy growth trimmed off each spring, before leaves start opening. Shrub easily replaces the old growth in size and keeps the light leaves long into the summer season. I keep mine about 5ft high. Not trimming any pencil size or above, branches unless they grow and rub each other. Fence comes off after grass starts growing....See MoreTransplanted coneflower plants stripped to the stems
Comments (4)Crushed eggshells sprinkled around newly-emerging perennials will discourage slugs/snails--they can't crawl over the shells because the shells cut them. I save eggshells all year and when spring rolls around, the crushed pieces help protect my perennials, including hostas. I just toss the shells in a plastic bowl & use a potato masher to crush them. As long as the OP's Echinaceas had healthy root systems, chances are the plants will send up new growth despite marauding bunnies....See Morehow do I deadhead for the Lincoln that Monster-Rabbit ate
Comments (2)Below the bloom, run your fingers down the peduncle. You'll find a place where there is a natural abcission point. Right THERE is where your grandma (who never heard of ARS) would snap the dead blooms off. That's what you should do. Wait til the petals have fallen, and it's a bit withered, and then see if you don't find that place where the good Lord made it easy to snap off dead blooms. Do that, and no more, until your rose has a chance to recover from the rabbit attack. Jeri (That's the way we always deadhead Tea Roses.)...See MoreTulips and Rabbits
Comments (16)It's funny, last year we had rabbits all OVER the place! We could look out the window and see 5-6 at a time, sometimes, and not just babies either. This year, I haven't seen one for the past 6 weeks. They are around though, because I've had tulip leaves chewed on, and the other day they got half of the foliage off of the white bleeding heart that I put in last year. It's now got a nice little circld of fencing around it. I tried the 'fox urine' spray last year and it worked pretty good, but I felt like I could smell it on myself (although no one else seemed to) for at least 3-4 showers after applying it. Other then that, I've resorted to fencing the things they seem to like best. Last year they ate my columbines to the ground - those are all fenced now. Same goes for a big 2-year hollyhock, 1 of only 3 that I had planted last year. I fenced those babies off right away! Of course, wild rabbits and I have NOT got along for years and YEARS now, and I doubt if that will ever change....See MoreAaron Rosarian Zone 5b
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