Natural Thursday: Spring on Harrison

 

I have tried to exercise restraint this year in my plant shopping.  On the deck there will be only white and green plants and flowers… except for those dark elephant ears and their coleus buddies – but they are hold-overs from last summer.  On the patio we are wild with pink, fuschia, and a little red.  My mother’s bed, however, is themed “rabbit resistant”.  Shopping goes like this.  Ooooo pretty flower.  Type into Google “Do rabbits eat <insert plant name here>?”  There are very few with an absolute “no” answer.  Most noes are couched as “unless the rabbit is hungry” or “only the tender new shoots”.  I want to introduce a third “no, but” that may apply only to my garden.  It goes something like “No- unless your rabbits are assholes”.  The rabbits here on Harrison are not eating my veronica.  They do, however, invariably bite off the blooms and leave them (the blossoms) withering in the dirt.  <Insert explicative here>