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| In a bare spot in the shaded area of my yard, I planted some celandine poppies. It does well, so I planted a few hepatica. It grows pretty well for a while and then one day all of the leaves are ripped up and one or two are dug out. The next year, some of the ripped up hepatica returned, but after a few days the leaves are ripped off the stems again. None of the other plants are affected. Why the hate :-)? The ripped up hepatica returned again, I am thinking of putting a chicken wire dome over it and hope that it will discourage the animals. It's suppose to be growing during the spring season, but now the area is leaved up. Can I put a growing light on top of it to help it out? Paul |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, May 26, 13 at 8:57
| one might suggest the animals love it.. and hate you...lol ken |
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| Yea, sounds like the animals love it and you hate the animals for loving it :0p You could put a chicken wire cage around it or spray it with one of the critter deterrent sprays to see if that helps. |
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| What's weird is that they don't eat it. They rip it up and leave the dead leaves lying around. I can understand if they want to eat it, but destroying it is a little strange. They also left the poppies untouched. I notice the squirrels like to destroy my lilies, so I have to put chicken wire around it. Just like the issue with Hepatica, they don't eat it, but just destroy it. Now my garden look more like a prison. Paul |
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| I thought of this post when I was watching some kind of black-type bird (maybe a starling?) in my garden this morning. He was walking around in a patch of violas simply shredding the flowers and tossing 'em up in the air. Petals were flying everywhere. I've noticed this kind of behavior from these birds before, but usually when they walk through the garden tossing up stray leaves and sticks as they look for food. They actually are quite funny to watch. Maybe your problem is a bird looking for food? Kevin |
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