I generally plant in wire baskets if I don't know the gopher resistance of a plant, but I've got about 30 young asclepias speciosa to set out and really hate to have to make 30 baskets...anyone had experiences with gophers eating asclepias? Or NOT eating asclepias?

TIA.....

Hi Sherry,
I'm not sure if you mean gophers to be what we call here -"groundhogs" -the big burly fur balls that chew down anything in sight...I've had a bit of trouble with groundhogs which is an understatement. That little stinker ate a lot of nice plants last year and sadly enough chewed the asclepias incarnata like it was a blade of grass. Not sure if they do the same in your part of the country.

hahaha....no, thankfully no groundhogs....that's something I've not had to deal with yet. Out here we have Pocket Gophers and at least I can plant in wire to protect from them. I'm hoping that groundhogs liking them does not mean gophers will also....this is a new area for me and apparently, if I'm unlucky enough, I might also expect Mountain Beavers, or as they're sometimes called, 'Boomers'.

I truly IS "always something", isn't it?

Thanks for the info....

Sherry