What should we plant that will be safe from deer and bunnies eating them?

Hi Peavey. Thanks for your reply to my question. We could try roses. The thorns I'm sure will discourage the little critters. But, we'll need some low to the ground flowers for the rock garden I think. Just thought some people with experience with rock gardens might have some ideas. I love roses, though. I had a rose bush at a home I lived in most of my life...beautiful pink ones. That bush lasted forever! It was still going strong when we moved from that house. Do you have roses?

Yes, I have roses, but I don't have any deer here, so I'm not sure that they would work. I can't think of anything that's short to use in the rock garden. Maybe ask around locally to see what others have done.

Yes, I will try and ask around and also try to be more observant of other gardens as I drive through the neighborhood. I love having the animals around our house but they can cause problems too, unfortunately. I'm a big lover of animals though and I'd rather have the animals than the plants.

Hi Tiny, Right I have done a search for you on a rabbit site I use and whatspoinsoinous to rabbits are Yew trees, planys, azaela, tulips, lillies, cyclamen and rhondedendron, they are also can't eat things like aloe vera so there is a fair choice there. In fact they can't really eat anything thats bulbed rather than seeded and also as I found out the seeds from apples can kill them even though thet can eat the fruit. Hope this helps :)

They also won't eat lavender and that makes the garden smell lovely too. You can get a special repellent called deer off for the deer and I think there is one for rabbits but don't know what it is called. Whenever Ibreak an egg I also crush the crush into finepieces andplace round my marigolds so the slugs an snails don't eat.

Hi Ellie, We have two begonia plants on our deck about 3 feet from the front door. One of the flowers got "decapitated" by I imagine a bunny about a week ago. Today another one from the same plant is "decapitated" also. Bunny just gnawed, let it fall and didn't eat it. I guess we'll try moving them to the other side of the deck and right next to the door to try to discourage bunny eating. Do they eat the bark on all young trees or just certain kinds? We're thinking of planting a birch tree in the front yard. I hope it doesn't get eaten too if we do plant it.