Re: Surfinias vs Rabbits
JOSE ALMANDOZ wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> know Surfinia petunias should not be called perennials, although they say
> they're kind of 'hardy' (at least in my Z9 and Z10). My question is if you
> know these plants (or common petunias I guess) are loved by rabbits, which
> are a pest over here. Do these little $%Ç#2@ relish on petunias as if they
> were caviar?. I want to plant a large bed with Surfinias, and wonder if
> they should be specially protected. Rabbits here enjoy rose's new growth,
> even holly tender leaves!... but obn teh other hand they won't touch irises
> or daylilies... what about petunias???
>
> Jose
> Northern Coastal Spain, Basque Country, 43º19N
> Zone 9. Very hilly, very humid, very green, very beautiful!!!
> EMail: almand@arrakis.es
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Do the rabbits browse on your herbs? I've had very good luck keeping
deer out of the nursery by spraying a concoction of eggs, milk, soap
(just a couple drops) and horticultural Dormant Oil (just a few drops
also) with a good splash of herbal essential oil thrown in. Try clove
or eucalyptus oil. I just locked down the spray handle and misted the
entire nursery in under an hour. I used clove oil, and my tongue was
numb from the mist in the air when I was finsihed. Apparently the deer
don't like the smell or taste of it, as they quit coming as of the day I
used it.
I'd think rabbits wouldn't care for it either.
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The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8
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