Rabbit Resistant

Rabbits graze on a wide range of plants and can cause sufficient damage to kill young , shrubs and herbaceous plants. Below is a list of some choices of plants that are relatively resistant to rabbits as recommended by the Royal Horticultural Society. If you wish to in our cemeteries please consider the following options:

Suitable Plants

• Acanthus (bear's breeches) • species (monkshood) • Agapanthus (African lily) • Ajuga reptans (bugle) • Alchemilla mollis (lady's mantle) • Alstroemeria (Peruvian lily) • Anaphalis • Anchusa azurea • coronaria • Anemone hupehensis & A. × hybrida (Japanese ) • Antirrhinum (snapdragon) • Aquilegia (columbine) • Artichoke, globe and Jerusalem • Aster novae-angliae (Michaelmas daisy) • Aster novi-belgii (Michaelmas daisy) • Astilbe • Bergenia species (elephant's ears) • Brunnera macrophylla • Chionodoxa luciliae (glory of the snow) • Colchicum (autumn crocus) • Convallaria majalis (lily of the valley) • Corydalis • Crinum • Crocosmia • Cyclamen species(hardy cyclamen) • Dahlia (dahlias) • Digitalis (foxgloves) • Doronicum (leopard's bane) • Epimedium • (winter aconite) • Eremurus (foxtail lily) • Eryngium agavifolium (sea holly) • Erythronium dens-canis (dog's tooth violet) • Eschscholzia californica (California poppy) • Eupatorium cannabinum (hemp agrimony) • Euphorbia (spurges) • Fritillaria (fritillaries) • Calanthus nivalis (snowdrop) • Gentiana asclepiadea (willow gentian) • Helenium autumnale • Helleborus (not H. niger ) (hellebore) • Hemerocallis (day lily) • Heuchera sanguinea (coral )

1 • Hyacinthoides non-scripta (bluebell) • Impatiens (busy Lizzie) • Iris (irises) • Kniphofia (red hot poker) • Lavatera trimestris • Leucojum (snowflakes) • Linum perenne (flax) • Liriope muscari • Lupinus (lupins) • Lychnis • Lysimachia clethroides • Macleaya cordata • Malva moschata (musk mallow) • Melissa officinalis (bee balm) • Mentha (mints) • Miscanthus sinensis • Muscari (grape hyacinth) • Myosotis (forget-me-not) • Narcissus (daffodil) • Nepeta × faassenii (catmint) • Nicotiana alata • Orchids, hardy • Origanum vulgare (marjoram) • Paeonia (peonies) • Petasites fragrans (winter heliotrope) • Phormium tenax (New Zealand flax) • Phytolacca (poke weed) • Polemonium (Jacob's ladder) • Polygonatum × hybridum (Solomon's seal) • Polygonum • Primula vulgaris (primrose) • Pulmonaria spp. (lungwort) • Salvia × superba • Saxifraga × urbium (London pride) • Schizostylis coccinea • Sedum spectabile (ice plant) • Senecio cineraria (sea ragwort) • Stachys byzantina (lamb's ears) • Tagetes erecta (African marigold) • Tagetes patula (French marigold) • Tradescantia virginiana • Trillium grandiflorum (wake robin) • Tritonia crocata • Trollius europaeus (globe flower) • Tulipa (tulips) • Verbascum thapsus (mullein) • Verbena • Viola odorata (violet) • Xerochrysum bracteatum (everlasting flower) • Zinnia elegans

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