sueyh Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Has anyone any idea of how to stop rabbits eating my precious shrubs - arrived at the house for New Year to discover my 2ft Bay Tree was now a stump with no leaves, my climbing jasmine no longer has stems to climb (now 10 cm high) and my Cotinus is totally leafless!Is it just a shotgun job!!!Suey [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Rabbits, what sort of rabbits have you got? Sounds more like Roe deer to me, is your garden accessible to deer, they are only small and will get through quite a narrow gap and they will "prune" all the plants / shrubs you have mentioned.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 I won't take this personally, but I think Chris may be right. Rabbits prefer the tender stuff, and by the sound of the damage you've been getting, I'd also suspect deer. (Is this called passing the buck? [:)] ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueyh Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 Thank you both for the replies. It does seem strange that they are leaving the honeysuckle, pyracantha, pulmonaria, buddleia (is that how you spell it?). It is just such a pain having nurtured the bay for two years in the front of my house then move it to the back and the blighters got it.Thanks again.Sueyps good joke Thumper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Sorry Thumper but your relatives are at it. We ahve planted some new, not cheap, trees and find the bark is being stripped off. All the signs are rabbits, namely the droppings around them and seeing them. My two oportunities of dealing with them are useless. My Black Labrador who loves chasing your relatives goes the wrong way when I turn the torch on and unfortunately I have an air rfifle rather than a shotgin so they are well out of site before I get the sight to my eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I know that it is possible at this time of year for rabbits to eat bark but at what height is the bark being striped of?Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocky Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 Bark is being eaten between gound and 12 inches. interesting is that they are also eating the bark from branches of larger trees that have been cut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted January 15, 2006 Share Posted January 15, 2006 I presume Stocky that you have already put some chicken wire or some other form of protection round the "trunks" of you new and existing trees to stop any further damage. This link may be of interest from the RHS as it lists plants and trees that are less susceptible to rabbit damage: http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1101/rabbitslist.asp Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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