My cats seem safe with my numerous hostess and as for lilies I just cut off the stamens when flowers open but that's more really because the pollen stains everything so badly! Are they toxic to rabbits? My sister has a pet one who eats all the plants she puts in and I offered her a couple of hostess I had divided but will withdraw the offer if they are honing to kill Gilbert!
Reminds me of someone who does not grow lilies because they attract the lily beetle! If we didn't grow any plant that was not good for something or other we would never grow any plants at all!
Cats are pretty sensible about what constitutes a risk so I am not worried but rabbits??? Not so clever so will check if hostas are safe before giving them to my sister by the way how annoying is predictive text? Hostas are constantly changed to hostess? How do you manage Hostafan?
When Wonky was small we had a large family of pet rabbits living 'free range' in our third of an acre garden ... it was full of hostas, honeysuckle, foxgloves, aconitum, daffodils and heaven knows what sort of toxic plants ... oooh yes, rhubarb too ... the rabbits occasionally nibbled lots of things but never nibbled any of the above ... they mainly ate the grass and clover. Lots of wild rabbits get into gardens (see many threads here on how to keep them out) ... I don't think we've had a massacre of hostas by rabbits reported ..... or a massacre of rabbits by hostas for that matter
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That’s good, Dove, I will pass some on to you when we can🙂 being a tough one it’s pretty good for not getting chewed. They like the soft leaves best.
Talking of cutting the flowers off, last year Hosta and I went to Rosemoor and someone had dead headed them all, but only the tops, so left the bare stalks sticking up, it look awful!
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I have a hosta called Invincible. Bought it from Diana Grenfell cos she described it as impervious to slugs and snails. Yeah, right! After one season in my Belgian garden it was rescued to a pot and the same has happened here except it's snails now. Supposed to have medium sized glossy green leaves. They are teeny after being ravaged but at east it's growing again.
I like hosta flowers - different shades, some are scented and the bees love them. You just have to dead head promptly to keep the energy going to the leaves for a longer display.
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Are they toxic to rabbits? My sister has a pet one who eats all the plants she puts in and I offered her a couple of hostess I had divided but will withdraw the offer if they are honing to kill Gilbert!
by the way how annoying is predictive text? Hostas are constantly changed to hostess? How do you manage Hostafan?
When Wonky was small we had a large family of pet rabbits living 'free range' in our third of an acre garden ... it was full of hostas, honeysuckle, foxgloves, aconitum, daffodils and heaven knows what sort of toxic plants ... oooh yes, rhubarb too ... the rabbits occasionally nibbled lots of things but never nibbled any of the above ... they mainly ate the grass and clover. Lots of wild rabbits get into gardens (see many threads here on how to keep them out) ... I don't think we've had a massacre of hostas by rabbits reported ..... or a massacre of rabbits by hostas for that matter
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Surely we need to grow some plants that get ‘pests’ on them to feed other creatures.
The Hostas with the huge blue leaves don’t get chewed very much.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
being a tough one it’s pretty good for not getting chewed. They like the soft leaves best.
Talking of cutting the flowers off, last year Hosta and I went to Rosemoor and someone had dead headed them all, but only the tops, so left the bare stalks sticking up, it look awful!
I like hosta flowers - different shades, some are scented and the bees love them. You just have to dead head promptly to keep the energy going to the leaves for a longer display.