Plant Images

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PLANT IMAGES: - HUGE THANKS TO THUMPS FOR ALL HER HELP WITH THIS

Common Safe Plants

Greater plantain image


Field Penny Cress (Field penny cress - seeds are broadly winged)


Herb Robert


Ladysbedstraw


Ribwort Plantain


Hoary plantain


White dead nettle


Common mallow


Musk mallow


Leaves of musk mallow


Yarrow


Smooth leaved Sow thistle
do not confuse with the wild lettuce family/cf prickly lettuce.


Shepherds Purse


Chamomile & the Mayweeds are all safe, & have distinctive leaves, as a family.

Wild chamomile


Pineapple mayweed


Meadow crane's bill. Usually found on chalk, but also cultivated in gardens.


Shrubby climbers & clamberers in hedges.

"Dog rose"
several species all safe - leaves & petals


Bramble


Hawthorn


Please note that the flower/seeds of plantain are best not fed to rabbits dry.

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POISONOUS PLANTS DO NOT FEED - IF IN DOUBT DO NOT FEED

Hemlock



Fumitory


Stinking Hellebore



Sunspurge


Tansy



White Bryony


Woodynightshade


Ragwort



Foxglove - flowers also come in pink and white


Elder - berries are purpleish in colour. If you have one of these beware the roots get everywhere!


Deadly nightshade


Monkshood




Black Bryony


Ivy Leaved Toad Flax



LINK TO DANGEROUS PLANTS AS PROVIDED BY GRAHAML
CLICK HERE

[Bunni_xx]

WOW! I love that, so helpful!

[helgalush]

Great post! Really helpful!

[Liquorice]

OMG my rabbit eat some elder leaves I hope she'll be ok

[Jaysmonkey]

Awesome.

This is a toxic weed list for tortoises, however tortoise dietary requirements with weeds is very similar to rabbits.
Hope it helps!
http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=25242


This one is edible weeds which are safe
http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...ead.php?t=6243
http://issuu.com/starsw/docs/edible_...owFlipBtn=true

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[kat031181]

Great post x very helpful x

[csklug00]

I'm a Master Gardener in America, Texas to be exact and grow most of my bunnies fresh food. I absolutely LOVED your post! It inspired me to add strawberries to one of my gardens! Thank you!

[Dave81]

Is it safe to assume all the bunny friendly plants will grow fine in containers?

[thumps_]

Is it safe to assume all the bunny friendly plants will grow fine in containers?

In a word yes, if they're deep enough for the root systems, parsley & dandelion like to root deeply.
In the wild they grow better on poor soil but that is because the grass can't grow so vigorously & crowd them out.
When cultivated, most grow well in normal, or even rich soil.
They can be a bit temperamental about light & shade, & moisture though.
Mediterranean herbs like full sun & normal soil, not too moist, but not bone dry!.
Dandelions like sun but not heat - do well in morning sun, afternoon shade in the heat of summer, also like moisture & a rich soil -same for sowthistles.