RE: List of goat-proof plants
- Subject: RE: List of goat-proof plants
- From: T* D*
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 22:14:35 +1200
I can say for certain that some of the plants listed are certainly not
goat-proof. Goats love the flowers and leaves from both brooms and gorse,
and using goats to clear gorse-covered hillsides is a common gorse-control
solution here in New Zealand. I am also not sure about brambles. Once again
they love to eat blackberry, which must be similar, and will totally
destroy large thickets of it over a short period of time.
Tim Dutton
"Raindrops", Main Road North, Kaitoke, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
(Latitude 41? 5' South, Longitude 175? 10' East)
-----Original Message-----
From: suna dokur [SMTP:citygardens_tr@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:54 AM
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: List of goat-proof plants
Thanks for all the replies I got to my question on what plants would be
likely to be left alone by those four-legged devils. Just for quick
reference, here is a compiled list of all the plant suggestions made. I
intend to try as many as I can out of this list in our village and see what
happens. Thanks again.
Suna
LIST OF (PROBABLY)GOAT-PROOF PLANTS:
- Agaves
- Bay Laurel
- Berberis (?)
- Brambles
- Bromeliads
- Brooms
- Buddleia Globosa
- Buxus sp.
- Cistus
- Colchicums
- Datura
- Digitalis
- Eucalyptus (?)
- Eunonymous
- Euphorbias
- Gorse
- Halimiocistus
- Halimium
- Hebe
- Hellebores
- Irises
- Knautias
- Lavenders
- Narcissus
- Oleander
- Periwinkle
- Poppies
- Prickly Pear Cactus
- Robinia (?)
- Salvias
- Santolinas
- Teucriums
- Thymes
- Verbascums
- Yucca
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