Which flowers can we plant that the bunnies won’t eat? My pansies and marigolds are all eaten.
Rabbits love crisp tasty plants as much as we do. Besides lettuce, they eat everything in the legume family, including beans, peas and sweet peas. Experienced gardeners know they have to protect these plants with row covers.
Annual pansies, nasturtiums, marigolds, Impatiens, fibrous begonias, and lisianthus are some of their favorites, especially early in the growing season. Ageratum and sweet alyssum are two annuals rabbits do not eat.
Some perennials are not bothered by rabbits, says Kim Schroeder, perennial buyer, Wasco Nursery, St. Charles. These are English ivy, ajuga, yarrow, artemisia, lily of the valley, foxglove, aconite, iris, peony, poppies, thyme, Lychnis, lamb’s ears, ground-covering sedums, saliva and Santolina.
For added protection, when you are setting out new plants, spray them at once with rabbit repellent so bunnies will learn to avoid that area, and re-spray after rain.
Good advice from:
http://chicagolandgardening.com/index.php/web/questions/qa-pests-rabbit-proof-plants
