Flowering plants that horses don t like and not poisonous

[afhtas]

My ponies are aloud to wander around my yard which is quite big and is perfect for two who have laminitis . I would like to have some pots of flowers and there is a area near the garden that I would like to plant with bushes and perennials. One of the ponies is a fjord who is very very greedy .

 

[hellybelly6]

Avoid privet and yew.

Hawthorn and fruit trees/bushes will be eaten, but they wont do any harm either. Willow is good.

Geraniums are ok as are nystersiums (SP) and marigolds I think. Avoid lupins, delphiniums and foxgloves as well as ferns/bracken.

Have anything you like in hanging baskets as long as they are out of the reach of greedy equines.

 

[hellybelly6]

PS roses will be fine, but not when sprayed.

 

[stroppymare153]

Not marigolds!! They are just sooooooooo yummy!! my boy ate 2 whole planted-up water troughs of them last year - delicately nipped the heads off them and left the leaves!

Don't know whether there's very much that is nasty-tasting but not poisonous.

 

[hellybelly6]

Marigolds are also called calendula and horses find delicious. They are not poisonous.