Toad Lilies Rabbit Damage - September 2021
Documenting a bit of pest damage to our Toad Lilies in late Summer/early Fall here with what I think is a rabbit gnawing on these perennials. See below, for a photo of one of the three Toad Lilies that I planted this year. This is the one that is closest to the fence and has suffered the most damage. It is down to a single stalk with one good-sized leaf. I mentioned in August that we didn't see any flowers on these this year as they were chewed right off by rabbits (I'm guessing) while we were on vacation . In that post, I talked about having to put up some pest fencing - and I thought that would be a "next year" task. But, with one of these suffering and me seeing a lot of rabbits around our garden, the time is now to put that fencing up. I grabbed a little bit of chicken wire and wrapped them in a ring - with the goal of keeping these alive during their last few weeks. I put the two on the right in one ring. And the most-damaged one (on the left) in a ring