Need Suggestions for Flowers/Plants the Rabbits Won't Eat!

Don't have anything sure fire, but do have two suggestions. Heard that some critters don't like marigolds, so we put them along the boarder of our herb & tomato garden last year and didn't have many visitors until the tomatoes were ripe and falling off the branches in late summer. (BTW - the marigolds dry out at the end of the summer, if you pull the heads off you can "reseed" your boarder in the Spring. Just ensure they are dry and stored in a container all winter. They take root very easily. We dig a "trench", drop the seeds, cover them with mushroom compost and water lightly. You'll see sprouts very soon. So buy a flat this year, and you'll have your own seeds forever.)

Also, have heard that many animals don't like "soaker hoses" because they think it's a snake. We had that down last year, all summer too and it really seemed to help. We left it down and would only hook it up with an extention to the spiggot. We could leave the hoses on in the early am or at dinnertime. Also, the soakers are nice because if you want to get a rain barrel, you can simply hook up the soaker to your barrel's spiggot and get a good watering.

A few years ago I bought a spray at a garden center and it really worked. I was very surprised. It was magical. I can't remember the name of the product, but it was pricey - about $17 for a bottle about the size of a bottle of windex. You had to reapply every couple of days or after rain.

It worked for a whole summer, but the next year we put up a little garden fence, which also has helped, so I haven't had to look for that product again.

To keep flowers looking great, my neighbor (who is an awesome gardener) says the secret is fertilizing them throughout the season (miracle grow or similar) and deadheading old blooms. I tend to get lazy by August, but her flowers always look good.

Good luck!

I read somewhere, maybe even another mom's advice, that squirrels don't like chili powder. You would sprinkle it at the edge of the area you don't want them to go to. Maybe it will work here as well. We get rabbits too but I guess they don't feel like hopping all over the yard as they never bother the flowers. Good luck.