Rabbit Damage On Gold Cone Junipers - February 2024
Last week, I posted some photos of the (dang!) rabbit damage on our Oakleaf Hydrangeas that occured over the past few months . I attempted to protect some things in the garden from the rabbits using Chicken Wire cages, but I must not have done enough this year. The hydrangeas only bloom on 'old wood', so that means that 2024 will be the year of fewer Oakleaf Hydrangea blooms. But, the rabbits also went ham on other things in the garden. And in particular...devoured the Gold Cone Junipers. Some of the earliest shrubs that I installed, the three Gold Cone Junipers have seen highs and lows since 2019 . They've experienced some stress (at times), but also put on a spectacular show come Spring . By the Fall of 2021, the bottoms of these upright shrubs had emptied out. Between rabbit pressure and natural decline, the bottom third was (mostly) bare . But, they were still distinctly 'multi-stemmed' at the time. Now, thanks to the rabbits, you might consider