Reply #10: I've read that if you plant daffodils or any kind of narcissus

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Around more edible bulbs, the squirrels and rabbits will leave them all alone. I should try them in the front flower beds where the deer eat my pansies!

I know the vintage paper white narcissus that were here on the farm when we bought the place thrive every where we plant them, while many other plants are eaten by bunnies or deer. From the one small clump of paper whites I dug up thirty years ago we now have enough to plant all the way around the house and scatter amongst the azaleas. And that is with absolutely no care at all. Even the bulbs the dog dug up and threw into the top of the sago palm continued to grow!

The other bulbs we have had success with are daffodils (just another kind of narcissus) African Iris and Louisiana Iris. From one pot of the African Iris and two pots (one blue, one purple) of the Louisiana Iris, we now have them running down both sides of the drive and around the house. Same deal, no care at all. No fertilizer, nothing but periodically digging and dividing once they get too thick.