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How to save your garden from rabbits

For people who take pride in their gardens, rabbits can cause quite the headache. Though they may...
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11.51 16 Jul 2015


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How to save your garden from r...

How to save your garden from rabbits

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11.51 16 Jul 2015


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For people who take pride in their gardens, rabbits can cause quite the headache. Though they may look extremely cute they love nibbling on everything from peas to lillies and there's not much to be done to stop them. 

There are however lots of plant the furry fiends don't like, and our resident gardening expert Dermot O'Neill has given us a list.

So to avoid finding little chunks taken out of your favorite plants try growing these in your garden: 

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  • Buddleia davidii (Butterfly Bush)
  • Helleborus
  • Agapanthus
  • Bergenia
  • Convallaria (Lily of the Valley)
  • Digitalis (Foxglove)
  • Galanthus (Snowdrop)
  • Kniphofia (Red hot poker)
  • Lupins
  • Narcissus (Daffodils)
  • Paeonies
  • Phormium
  • Pulmonaria
  • Rhubarb
  • Sedum spectabile
  • Tulips
  • Arbutus unedo
  • Ceanothus
  • Escallonia
  • Fuchsia
  • Hydrangea
  • Lavatera
  • Philadelphus
  • Ribes
  • Syringa (Lilac)
  • Viburnum tinus
  • Wigelia hybrids
  • Vinca
  • Stachys lanata (Lamb’s Ear)

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