Here's what the bunnies don't eat in my garden

The bunnies are epic this year in my garden, devouring Rudbeckias, Nigellas, Gomphrena, Asters… sometimes it feels like they eat everything. But they don’t. 

So I’m looking on the bright side, and pointing out some of the plants I love that the rabbits don't eat. These plants will always have a place in my garden. 

Globe Thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus) seems to be rabbit proof but also makes a great cut flower and an even better dried flower. As a perennial, it reliably returns year after year. 

Though an annual, this Flamingo Celosia (Celosia spicata ‘Flamingo’) seeds itself so reliably that once it's established, growing it becomes an exercise in the removing seedlings to leave a few in the right places. Also makes an excellent cut flower and dried flower. 

Possibly the most iconic of dried flowers, Strawflowers are another annual that seems to escape the munching of bunnies. 

Bog Sage (Salvia uliginosa) is one of my favorite self-seeding plants and maybe one of the reasons it seeds itself so sucessfully is that the rabbits seem to ignore it. Not much of a cut flower, and definintely not a flower to dry, Bog Sage is a magnificent garden flower - It's airy beauty and electric blue blooms float above and weave among other more substantial plants. 

Balloon Flower offers generous purple blooms in midsummer, and as a perennial, it returns year after year. So far, the rabbits have not shown it much interest in my garden. 

A most cheerful and easy perennial, Oxeye Daisies require little care, bloom reliably and so far have not been eaten in my garden. 

Calendula (Calendula officinalis) is another self-seeding annual that I always have in my garden. It thrives in cooler temps, reliably flowering well into fall, even as those baby bunnies get bigger and keep eating. I'm always so happy when it pops up with its bright blooms and thrives in my garden.