Seen in a garden catalog a plant(Coleus Canina) is supposed to keep the
cats/dogs/rabbits out of the garden.

Any one ever use it or have success with it?
Or is this another marketing gimmic?

Jerome

"JRYezierski" wrote in message
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Seen in a garden catalog a plant(Coleus Canina) is supposed to keep the
cats/dogs/rabbits out of the garden.

Any one ever use it or have success with it?
Or is this another marketing gimmic?

Nothing, repeat, nothing, will stop a cat fouling your garden if it has a
mind to. The coleus Canina is not liked by cats, but they will move three
feet or so away from it and foul there instead. You could carpet your garden
entirely with it, but who wants that?

Steve

Hi Jerome,

With no disrespect to Steve, there are several things you can do to keep a cat away from your garden. Here's some great ideas.

http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/pets/catpoop.html
http://www.ghorganics.com/page6.html#CATS%20and%20DOGS

Newt

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shazzbat Wrote:
"JRYezierski" wrote in message
...-
Seen in a garden catalog a plant(Coleus Canina) is supposed to keep
the
cats/dogs/rabbits out of the garden.

Any one ever use it or have success with it?
Or is this another marketing gimmic?
-
Nothing, repeat, nothing, will stop a cat fouling your garden if it has
a
mind to. The coleus Canina is not liked by cats, but they will move
three
feet or so away from it and foul there instead. You could carpet your
garden
entirely with it, but who wants that?

Steve



Hi Jerome,

With no disrespect to Steve, there are several things you can do to
keep a cat away from your garden. Here's some great ideas.

http://tinyurl.com/4z2ab
http://tinyurl.com/6ae2d

All of which IMHO are either unsightly, impractical or simply do not work.
Cats either ignore them, dislike them but get over it, or they need
replacing every time it rains etc. ( a big downside in UK)

Steve

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:23:26 -0000, "shazzbat"
wrote:


All of which IMHO are either unsightly, impractical or simply do not work.
Cats either ignore them, dislike them but get over it, or they need
replacing every time it rains etc. ( a big downside in UK)

Pessimistic much?


Penelope