Novice Needs Help

[saggyhairyarse]

I need to give my garden some love....

1. What can I plant that my rabbit won't eat? (No good planting in pots as he jumps in.)

2. What shrubs/bushes can I plant, south facing, that don't need much upkeep? I want to plant them to prevent my children from falling off my front wall that has a 2/3ft drop the other side.

I can't really help, but it will maybe help the experts if you can say what kind of soil you have - fine, light, heavy, clay? Roughly where in the country are you - plants that survive in the south wouldn't do so well in Aberdeenshire? How much space do you have, and do you use it for playing, hanging out your washing...?

Not sure about the rabbit but the RHS website has this list

shrubs for sunny wall - BILLIONS! do you want something spiky to keep them off it ? or just a soft landing.

choysia (lovely smell in summer, evergreen), photinia (bit car park really but still nice), cistus, lavender, sage, holly, hebes, hypericum, edgworthia (fab scent), viburnum, box, daphne.

I have no idea about soil, I am in the South West though.

The bushes shrubs are to act as a barrier as my drive is raised above pavement level (I live on a hill) so my wall drops down 1-3 ft. So reasonably attractive and easy to maintain are the main priority.

TIA