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In reply to the discussion: OMG! I'm surrounded! [View all]Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)One flower I've found that they leave totally alone are marigolds. i buy several types and apparently they don't like the smell (neither do I). They don't even let roses open...eat the buds. They also left moss rose alone. Forget cannas. They eat the blooms in a couple whomps.
There is a spray concentrate that really works well. It is a rabbit and deer repellant, but it stinks. Once they get a whiff, they don't seem to check them again, so I spray them early in the season...particularly, hosta.
The rabbits are my biggest pain. I don't know how many clematis vines they've decimated. I think that if I could get them going through one year, I'd be OK, but they visit them morning, noon and night. Even if I put mesh fencing around, they seem to nibble what they can.
I have 7 does that come into my yard each night to eat the birdseed and corn/apples. They are always on schedule. Last night, they pawed my flowerbeds through the snow and ate roots or something. I knocked on the window, they looked at me and continued on. I guess they realize I'm not about to run outside and chase them off.
I'm already thinking of what flowers I'm going to plant this spring. Can't wait.