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19 Perennials Rabbits Hate

Garden Sanity・22 minutes read

The video discusses 19 flowering perennials that rabbits avoid due to their strong fragrances or fuzzy leaves, including examples like ornamental onions, GM, Candytuft, Hellebores, and Lavender. The presenter shares her experience with rabbits eating plants labeled rabbit-resistant, highlighting common flowering perennials that rabbits have left untouched in her garden, such as Catmint, Geraniums, Russian Sage, Veronica, and Agastash.

Insights

  • Rabbits avoid plants with strong fragrances or fuzzy leaves, but exceptions exist as they don't adhere to lists claiming rabbit resistance, as highlighted by the presenter's experience with black-eyed Susans, salvia, marigolds, Yucca, and Lantana.
  • The video showcases 19 different flowering perennials that rabbits dislike, with specific recommendations like ornamental onions, GM (avens), Candytuft, Hellebores, Blanket flowers, Lavender, Catmint, perennial geraniums, Russian sage, Veronica, and Agastash, emphasizing their bloom times, hardiness zones, and resistance to rabbit damage.

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Recent questions

  • What are some flowering perennials that rabbits dislike?

    Rabbits tend to avoid plants with strong fragrances or fuzzy leaves, but they do not always adhere to lists claiming rabbit resistance. Some common flowering perennials that rabbits have left untouched in gardens include ornamental onions, GM (avens), candytuft, hellebores, blanket flowers, lavender, catmint, and perennial geraniums.

  • Which perennial plant blooms from mid to late summer and is recommended for rabbit-resistant gardens?

    Ornamental onions, specifically perennial varieties like Millennium, Serendipity, and lavender bubbles, are recommended for rabbit-resistant gardens as they bloom from mid to late summer and are generally avoided by rabbits due to their strong fragrance.

  • What is a ground cover perennial that blooms in spring and offers a fall rebloom?

    Candytuft is a ground cover perennial that blooms in spring and some varieties even offer a fall rebloom. It is suitable for zones 3-9 and can be a great addition to gardens looking for rabbit-resistant plants.

  • Which perennial plant blooms in early spring in colder zones and sometimes in winter in warmer zones?

    Hellebores bloom in early spring in colder zones and sometimes even in winter in warmer zones. They come in numerous colors and varieties like Pink Frost, Mahogany Snow, and Joker, making them a versatile and attractive option for gardens.

  • What perennial plant offers vertical interest in the garden and is disliked by rabbits?

    Russian sage, Hardy in zones four through nine, offers vertical interest in the garden with its tall, wispy blooms. It has low water needs and flowers all summer into fall, making it a great choice for adding texture and color to a garden while deterring rabbits.

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Summary

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Rabbit-Resistant Flowering Perennials for Your Garden

  • The video focuses on 19 different flowering perennials that rabbits dislike, with 10 being personally successful in the presenter's garden and 9 additional suggestions.
  • Rabbits avoid plants with strong fragrances or fuzzy leaves, but exceptions exist as they don't adhere to lists claiming rabbit resistance.
  • The presenter shares her experience with rabbits devouring black-eyed Susans, salvia, marigolds, Yucca, and Lantana despite being labeled rabbit-resistant.
  • Common flowering perennials that rabbits have left untouched in the presenter's garden are highlighted.
  • The first recommended plant is ornamental onions, specifically perennial varieties like Millennium, Serendipity, and lavender bubbles, which bloom from mid to late summer.
  • The second plant, GM (avens), comes in various colors and varieties like Totally Tangerine and Tempo Rose, blooming primarily in early summer.
  • Candytuft, a ground cover perennial, blooms in spring with some varieties offering a fall rebloom, suitable for zones 3-9.
  • Hellebores, blooming in early spring in colder zones and sometimes in winter in warmer zones, come in numerous colors and varieties like Pink Frost, Mahogany Snow, and Joker.
  • Blanket flowers, like Grape Sensation, are Hardy in zones 6-9, with varieties like Glitz and Glamor from Plant Delights Nursery, offering different colors and hardiness zones.
  • Lavender, particularly the Evergreen variety Phenomenal, is recommended for its heat and humidity tolerance, blooming from early to late summer in zones 5-9.
  • Catmint or Nepeta, Hardy in zones 3-8, offers various colors and varieties like Cat's Pajamas and Walker's Low, blooming from early to mid-summer with low water needs.

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"Long-blooming perennial geraniums in vibrant colors"

  • Flowers are an amazing blue with some purple color, and they are sterile, making them the longest blooming variety of perennial geraniums.
  • These flowers weave through the garden and into nearby shrubs, pleasingly seen on little lime hydrangeas, and rabbits do not bother them.
  • Various other beautiful perennial geranium varieties exist in colors like fuchsia, purple, white, pale purple, and blue, including the newer Midnight Ghost variety.
  • Perennial geraniums are Hardy in zones five through eight, thriving in full sun to part shade, with some flowering into fall, like Roseanne blooming into November.
  • Russian sage, Hardy in zones four through nine, offers vertical interest in the garden, with low water needs and flowering all summer into fall.
  • Veronica, also known as Speedwell, comes in upright and low ground cover versions, providing vertical interest and a variety of colors, disliked by rabbits.
  • Agastash, or hummingbird mint, attracts pollinators and hummingbirds, with varieties like Rosy Posey and Mango Tango, Hardy in zones five through nine, needing full sun to flower best and blooming mid-summer into early fall.
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