Woodchuck Groundhog Whistle Pig Resistant Plants

Plants woodchucks have eaten (as told to us by our visitors) We would love to know what woodchucks have eaten in your garden. We would also like to know the scientific names of the these plants as well. Please feel free to contact us if you have comments on these or any other plant you have noticed damage from Woodchucks or resistance to woodchucks.

Plants Woodchucks Have Eaten

• Asiatic Day Lilies (Lilium)
• Basil (Ocinum Basilicum)
• Broccoli (Brassica Oleracea)
• Calendula
• Campanula persicifolia is the scientific name for a variety of Peachleaf Bellflower
• Carrot greens - carrot is (Dacus Carota var. sativus)
• Centaurea
• Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)
• Columbine (Aquilegia)
• Cosmos (Cosmos Bipinnatus) (two people)
• Cucumbers
• Dahlias
• Daisies (Chrysanthemum family)
• Delphinium (even though they are poisonous, they still ate mine)
• Echinacea is the scientific name for Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea)
• Eggplant (Solanum Melongena)
• Gayfeather/Blazingstar (Liatris)
• Gazania
• Green Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)
• Hollyhocks
• Hot Peppers/peppers (Capsicum Annuum)
• Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa)
• Marigolds (Tagetes) (one report they were avoided)
• Mums (Chrysanthemum)
• Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum Majus)
• Onion (leaving the onion eating the stems)
• Onion Chives
• Pansies (Viola x Wittrockiana)
• Parsley (Petroselinium Crispum)
• Peas (Pisum Sativum)
• Petunias (Petunia Hybrida)
• Phlox
• Poppies (Papaver)
• Portulaca
• Pumpkin vines - pumpkin is (Curcurbita Pepo)
• Pyrethrum
• Queen Anne's Lace/wild carrot (Dacus Carota)
• Rosemary (Rosmarinas Officinalis)
• Rudbekia fulgida/hirta is the scientific name for Black-Eyed Susan (chucks ate these all season)
• Sage (Salvia)
• Sunflowers (Helianthus)
• Strawberries (Fragaria)
• Swiss Chard (Beta Vulgaris)
• Violets (Viola)
• Yarrow (Achillea)
• Zinnias (Zinnia Elegans) (2 people)
• Zucchini

Possible Resistance to Chucks.

• Ageratum
• Astilbe
• American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana L.)
• Artemesia
• Blanket flower (Gaillardia ~ the low growing variety)
• Bleeding heart (Dicentra, spectabilis & exemia)
• Blue Cohosh/Papoose Root (Caulophyllum Thalictroides)
• Bluestar (Amsonia)
• Bronze Fennel ( Foeniculum Vulgare var. Rubrum)
• Butterfly weed (Asclepias Tuberosa)
• Capmint (Nepata) (two reports)
• Chives (Allium)
• Coreopsis (Scientific Name for Tickweed)
• Coral bells (Heuchera & Hercherella)
• Creeping Jenny/moneywort (Lysimachia Nummularia)
• Daffodils (Narcissus)
• Dahlias (Hemerocallis) even though next to marigolds (two reports)
• Daylillies (Hemerocallis have three reports that this plant is avoided)
• Dianthus (scienfific name for Garden Pink) (have three reports that this plant is avoided)
• Ferns
• Feverfew (Tanacetum Parthenium/Chrythanthemum Parthenium)
• Foxglove (Digitalis)
• Geraniums (a report of woodchuck avoidance)
• Gypsophilia
• Heather (Calluna)
• Horehound (Marrubium Vulgare)
• Hosta
• Iris
• Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema Triphyllum)
• Lamb's Ear (Stachys Byzantina)
• Lavender (Lavandula)
• Leadwort/Plumbago (Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides)
• Lemon Balm (Melissa Officinalis)
• Lenten rose (Helleborus)
• Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria)
• Montbretia (Crocosmia)
• Monkshood (Aconitum)
• Nicotiana
• Ornamental grasses
• Pasque flower (Pulsatilia Vulgaris)
• Peony (Paeonia)
• Pinks (Dianthus, but rabbits 'em)
• Pumpkins (Curcurbita Pepo)
• Regal Lily
• Rock Soapwort (Saponaria Ocymoides)
• Russian sage (Perovskia)
• Salvia
• Sedum
• Snapdragon
• Squash (Curcurbita Pepo, C. maxima, C. moschata)
• Sun drops (Oenothera)
• Sweet Allysum
• Sweet woodruff (Galium Odoratum)
• Thymes (Thymus Vulgaris)
• Tickseed (Coreopsis, but only the threadleaf variety, all others are eaten)
• Tomato plants. Known to eat them but appear to do so only when desperate.
• Torch Lily (Kniphofia)
• Turtlehead (Chelone Obliqua)
• Valarian (Centranthus)
• Wild ginger (Asarum)
• Windflower (Anemone) Roses
• Yarrow (Achillea) Not 100% sure, I think rabbits nibbled but O.K. now

Woodchuck Resistant Plants

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