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what wallabies DON'T eat
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Posted by cathy_sherry NSW Australia (My Page) on Sun, May 30, 04 at 21:22
| Dear All,
Can anyone suggest perennials and annuals that wallabies don't eat. I'd rather not have to fence all my garden beds.
Any idea on
cosmos
valerian
nigella
poppies
erigeron
salvia
alyssum
queen anne's lace
hollyhock?
Cathy |
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- Posted by Ducks Cent.Qld. (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 16, 04 at 4:40
hi Cathy,
Can you get a good guard dog? Ducks. |
RE: what wallabies DON'T eat
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| Hello Cathy, the only plant I haven't had to fence in from kangaroos is lavender, specifically lavendula x intermedia and L. dentata (French lavender) and grevillia. I also put guards around young trees untill they are big enough to cope with kangaroo nibbles. Every other type of garden plant that I grow they will chew on, I had to make the garden fence higher last summer as one big roo decided he loved daylilies and jumped the fence every night to munch them into the ground!! I still love having them on the property tho :) |
RE: what wallabies DON'T eat
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Unfortunately wallabies aren't kangaroos, or Cathy wouldn't have so much of a problem. Wallabies enjoy much more roughage in their diet, including fruit tree bark, siberian iris leaves, rose branches, but they also like the nice nibbly things like rose tips, azalea tips, fruit tree new growth. They are particularly indelicate about how they go about obtaining such food. For such cute, cuddly looking creatures they are monsters in the garden. One can do more damage in a night than 1/2 dozen grey kangaroos. Can't speak for the reds, but the eastern greys are very dainty where they put their feet, and what they nibble on, with a preference for the tender young weeds.
It would be far easier to fence in a medium sized dog, than to fence out black wallabies. A friend put in an 7ft high fence around his vegie garden to keep them out. |
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| Hi Cathy, I have a beautiful garden, full of annuals, and I enter it every year in the garden competitions, I was having trouble with wallabies eating my pansies etc, what I did was collect all my dry dog droppings in a bucket and scrunched them up and scattered it all over my garden, it works the wallabies don't come near my garden anymore, so try it I am sure you will be very surprised. |
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Hi!
Daffodils!! That's about all i have found so far!! I have tried other bulb plants such as tulips, etc, but with no luck!! They have eaten my valerian and poppies, so i am hoping you have better luck than i have so far!
Cheers
Lyn |
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At my place, they won't eat Prickly Pear, Paterson's Curse or St John's Wort.....wish they would, but then, those species would hardly constitute an award-winning cottage garden.
I have a blue heeler that keeps the wallabies and 'roos away from my veges and orchard. Regards, Shax |
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I use an electric fence with 4 strands, the first one as close to the ground as possible.
Kris |
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| Hi Cathy and other readers. I have 7 acres and do not want to fence or section off area's with large fencing to try to keep the kangaroos and wallabies at bay. I have found so far the the roo's don't seem very interested in passionfruit vines or star jasmin. We are planting well established shrubs and trees, they seem to love to eat new shoots and very young plants, roses and new growth on roses disappear over night. wisteria also seem to be a favourite, bougainvillea is still thriving hope this helps |
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