In larger gardens vulnerable areas and new planting can be protected with similar barriers, even around individual plants. The spaces under gates need careful attention. This mesh can be fixed to existing fencing. A small mesh with holes 2.5cm (1ins) in diameter is ideal. The wire mesh needs to be at least 75cm (30ins) high, with another 15cm (6ins) buried below ground to prevent the creatures from burrowing and gaining access. This must be wire mesh, rabbits will chew through plastic mesh. If the rabbits live outside your garden you could surround your plot with rabbit fencing. A list is of rabbit resistant plants can be found on the Royal Horticultural Society’s website. The best you can do is to try those plants which rabbits normally avoid and keep a close eye. Aromatics such as lavender and rosemary may be avoided, but there are always those rabbit populations with different tastes! Likewise marigolds and onions (including ornamental alliums) are often recommended as growing deterrents, however some rabbits seem to love them. When it comes to ornamentals there are some plants that rabbits avoid: for example euphorbias, peonies, hellebores, foxgloves, daffodils and snowdrops. So if you want to grow vegetables you need to grow them behind a barrier, or raise them up away from harm. Rabbits each just about all vegetable plants with the possible exception of potatoes and onions. So what can you do to deter them? How can you protect your plants and lawn from damage? The damage they cause is often mistaken for that caused by deer rabbits after all have an innocent appearance! They will gnaw through the twigs of young shrubs, their sharp teeth cutting off substantial stems to leave them lying on the ground. They love tender young shoots and leaves and will happily strip the bark from young trees. They scratch hollows in lawns and flower beds. As cute as they may be, rabbits are widespread garden pests that do a lot of damage in gardens.
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