How do you keep rabbits from eating lupins?

A simple way to protect vulnerable young plants is to make a wire mesh collar to encircle the plant and prevent easy access to the soft shoots and stems. Part burying the barrier under the soil will also deter the most ambitious bunny.

Is Lupine deer and rabbit resistant?

Once up and growing strongly, lupines are deer-resistant, and so are a good choice for gardens without fencing. Children love them, as they attract scores of pollinators in the late spring and early summer and are plants that invite the touch of little hands – both on foliage and flower.

Can rabbits eat Lupin leaves?

Also toxic and not to be fed to rabbits are arum, bryony and hemlock. Other plants to leave when foraging are Aconite, Celandine, Corncockle, Cowslip, Dock, Fool’s Parsley, Henbane, Hedge Garlic, Ivy, Spurge, Traveller’s Joy, Tree Lupin, Wild Garlic and Wood Sorrel.

Which plants do rabbits avoid?

Plants rabbits tend to avoid include:

• Vegetables: asparagus, leeks, onions, potatoes, rhubarb, squash, tomatoes.
• Flowers: cleomes, geraniums, vincas, wax begonias.
• Herbs: basil, mint, oregano, parsley, tarragon.

What animal is eating my lupine leaves?

Slugs and snails feed on the sap in the lupine plant’s foliage, and some species are very destructive.

What keeps eating my lupins?

What is this? The first year I tried to grow lupins, I carefully raised a few from seed, and planted them in the garden. Very quickly – literally within a couple of days, they were eaten, and sure enough I found the culprits – slugs and snails among the remains of the leaves.

What animals eat lupines?

Use Wildlife: Deer browse foliage. Birds and small mammals eat the seeds. Warning: Plants in the genus Lupinus, especially the seeds, can be toxic to humans and animals if ingested.

What has eaten my lupins?

The first year I tried to grow lupins, I carefully raised a few from seed, and planted them in the garden. Very quickly – literally within a couple of days, they were eaten, and sure enough I found the culprits – slugs and snails among the remains of the leaves.

What animal eats Lupine?

Lupins are notoriously susceptible to slugs and snails, which never go further than they have to from their retreat. My guess would be that somewhere near the lupin that is being eaten a snail lurks beneath a flowerpot or a brick.

Do rabbits eat hellebores?

Hellebore. Rabbits will tear into early blooming delicacies like crocus in early spring, so what’s a flower-deprived gardener to do? Fortunately, the hellebore, or aptly named Christmas rose, is a very long-lived and very early blooming alternative that rabbits avoid.

What do vegetables do rabbits avoid?

Among the most common you’ll find: Avocados: this fruit is deadly to rabbits. Iceberg lettuce: as we have mentioned, lettuce is a great addition to a rabbit’s diet. Rhubarb: this is a vegetable similar to chard, since they have a similar shape, but it stands out for its striking red color.

What plants deter rabbits?

Pot Marigold is on the list of plants that repel rabbits because they hate how it smells. Also called English marigolds, these plants are direct relations to the African and French marigolds.

What plants do rabbits eat?

Wild Plants. Many of the plants that make up a wild rabbit’s diet grow in gardens as ‘weeds’ and can make an excellent free addition to your rabbit’s diet. Common ‘weeds’ that are safe for rabbits to eat include Plantain, Clover, Dandelion , Thistle, Chickweed , Nettle, Blackberry/Bramble leaves, and Shepherd’s Purse;

What flowers will rabbits not eat?

One of the showier late summer flowers rabbits won’t eat is the gold-petalled Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). It is drought-tolerant and has very tough, hairy stems and leaves. Many sunflowers (Heliopsis spp.) are similarly raspy leaved and resistant to rabbits, as is Blanket-flower (Gaillardia spp.)