Rabbits are fairly common around my neighborhood and I especially love seeing the babies. The lawn-mowers scared this baby rabbit out of his hiding spot…
…and into this one. I have to be careful when pulling weeds because sometimes I find cottontail nests around the bases of my shrubs or other plants. The shrub shown here is an Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepsis indica) which is not native to North America. They do great in the alkaline soil in my area and though I’ve committed to using only native plants going forward, I do NOT intend to remove these foundation plants from my landscape. The yellow-flowering plant is known as Dahlberg Daisy or Bristle-Leaf Dyssodia (Thymophylla tenuiloba), has a great wildflower scent, and the rabbits won’t eat it.
Rabbits are considered by some people to be a pest, but I welcome them. Yes, they do eat some of the flowers and plants around the house, but I have so many plants that they don’t really make a dent in any one place. We also have a strong hawk presence in our neighborhood…and well, the rabbits just never really get too numerous, if you know what I mean. Ahh, the web of life.
