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GarethAustin
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 Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: Goat proof plants? |
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| Anybody any ideas on goat-proof plants suiatable for growing in corner bed beside a field where goats are kept. |
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JennyS
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I didn't think there were any!
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GarethAustin
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| Is the recommendation of Verbascum from personal experience? Anybody any experiences fo shrubs? |
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| GarethAustin wrote: | | Is the recommendation of Verbascum from personal experience? Anybody any experiences fo shrubs? |
Yes, my aunt had it growing wild and it was never touched by her goats. There is information posted on other websites by people who have had the same experience. There are lots of shrubs that goats will only nibble at, but that is because those certain shrubs are severely poisonous, possibly killing the goats within a few days.
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GarethAustin
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Did your Aunt have any other planst growign which the goats left alone? |
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No just that one. You could try a few of the best deer proof plants eg.
Aurinia or alyssum saxatilis
Dicentra spectabilis
Stachys byzantina
Convallaria majalis
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Antirrhinum majus
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Daphne X burkwoodii
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JennyS
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Some of the Berberis are pretty good - the seriously spiny ones, but I can't remember exact names
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