I planted over 200 in the green a couple of years ago, not that many came through last year and it looks less again this. We back onto fields, so I would imagine its mice and or squirrels
Something eats quite a lot of my snowdrop flowers, nipping the flower head (but not any of the green parts) neatly off. I thought they were high in sugars, which could be the appeal maybe - for bank voles, perhaps?
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Hmmm .... not sure about that - only had about 6 snow drop flowers out of around 250 that were planted - a bit the same with the yellow flower thingy that comes up about the same time - only one appeared - just with foliage.
There are bore holes in both the borders and the grass around 1" across. A mouse of some sort was found drowned in one of my watering cans (just yesterday)...see pic..
Cant' seem to add a pic - its obviously a lot more tricky than other sites? - none of the above 'icons' seem to offer any help?...It was a long rear legged varmint with pretty large ears is about the best I can offer.
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I planted over 200 in the green a couple of years ago, not that many came through last year and it looks less again this. We back onto fields, so I would imagine its mice and or squirrels
Yes - we back on to fields so I suspect mice.....
Sorry but Snowdrops are poisonous to rabbits and mice so I guess to squirrels too.
Something eats quite a lot of my snowdrop flowers, nipping the flower head (but not any of the green parts) neatly off. I thought they were high in sugars, which could be the appeal maybe - for bank voles, perhaps?
The flowers on ours are nibbled by snails, sometimes even before they emerge from the ground too.
Hmmm .... not sure about that - only had about 6 snow drop flowers out of around 250 that were planted - a bit the same with the yellow flower thingy that comes up about the same time - only one appeared - just with foliage.
There are bore holes in both the borders and the grass around 1" across. A mouse of some sort was found drowned in one of my watering cans (just yesterday)...see pic..
Cant' seem to add a pic - its obviously a lot more tricky than other sites? - none of the above 'icons' seem to offer any help?...It was a long rear legged varmint with pretty large ears is about the best I can offer.
So I figure slugs and mice has been my downfall!!
As I said, whilst vermin might dig under the bulbs, the bulbs themselves are poisonous. So any mouse which ate one would pretty soon die.
I would see if I could find a bulb and see if there was a Narcissus rootfly grub in it.
Some varmints also stole my tulip bulbs from a tub (and obviously from the borders as well) - are they poisonous too?
No, definitely not. We cannot keep tulips here at all, the badgers dig them up and eat them. Squirrels too will take tulips.