Gophers also eat Loquat Trees and Bay Laurel Trees

Yes they do even though I was told and read otherwise.

Because I had read that gophers don’t eat Loquat trees I decided against caging the roots of the tree when I planted it.  Well, that was a mistake.  Gophers definitely do eat Loquat trees.  The one in the pictures was eaten to the stump as if it was gopher chocolate.  It almost looks like a beaver got to it. 

As a side:

I was also told by a grower/seller of Bay Laurel trees that gophers won’t eat them because of their strong smell.  Well, wrong again.  I had a gopher eat a Bay Laurel tree too.

Lesson here:

• If you are not sure if a gopher will eat a plant, then cage it.
• It you are pretty sure gophers won’t eat it, cage it anyways.

The only things that I have found that gophers steer away from is lavender, rosemary and euphorbia species.  

Learn how to propagate Rosemary, or go to my my June 12th post.

Click here for how to make a gopher cage or go to my Sep 1st post.