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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Ask a rabbit. All the ones we had seemed to prefer the fancy grass over the boring standard turf grass. They loved the wide blade varieties especially. I think the elbow type must have been a bit sweeter too.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    I thought rabbits ate dandelions
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Not many rabbits in my part of London. I was going to say unfortunately, but I reconsidered.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    I meant the ones in hutches. The rabbits in the garden eat grass - nice short mown grass for preference.
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    There is a certain amount of grass in my 'lawn ' but not enough to satisfy a rabbit, I fear .
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Another one where I'm not sure if it should be curmudgeon or antidote.  I planted a clematis 3 or 4 years ago and it totally disappeared 2 years ago.  Not a sign of life and I even removed the label from the trellis.  Got a replacement at the weekend so guess what I discovered when I went to plant it?  That's right, a single vigorous stem where the previous one was planted.  I'm sure they do it deliberately.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Lol, l have a Princess Diana that is the same, l thought it was dead, no sign of life in the stems. Just one dead looking stem left by now, so l thought "Right, sadly that's coming out". Went looking yesterday with a replacement and lo and behold,  one strong green bud. You're right,  they do know !
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I never dig up old clematis. If it's dead, it's doing no harm, but they so often pop back up. I had one in a barrel with a climbing rose and it re-appeared 3  or maybe even 4 years after it "died".
    Devon.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    B3 said:
    There is a certain amount of grass in my 'lawn ' but not enough to satisfy a rabbit, I fear .
    Most of the bunnies round here eat next door. My NDN has the Lawn gene. And no lurchers.

    Threatening plants with the compost heap is surprisingly effective as a horticultural technique. Once they know you aren't bluffing.
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have one that played dead for a good seven years. I never pull them out either.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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