I'm worried with cold weather coming again

==just curious.. are you down under?

what kind of willow ... bery hard to kill.. even when you want to ... i wouldnt worry about it ...

do you have any fencing laying around.. that you could just lay on top of the soil... chicken wire.. harware cloth.. etc ... just leave it there until the scent disappears???

ken

ps: you said: and they threw an entire astilbe plant into the pond. ===>>> really.. i can understand looking for food... etc .. but do you have to be an a*s about it.. lol ...

nothing p.o.'d me off more.. was rabbits cutting every leaf off a hosta... only to walk away without eating any of them.. really???? .. you couldnt figure they you wouldnt eat them ... after the first dozen leaves.. you idgit ... lol

LOL Ken. Yes, drowning the plant seemed particularly dickish! (At least it's now sufficiently watered for the day - the silver lining? I replanted it just in case it's a survivor.)

Z6A. Had mid-70s yesterday, forecast mid 40s and 50s this week, possible snow this weekend. So over this weather!

Dappled willow.

We do have chicken wire but figured they'd just pull it up to get to the scent and possibly do more damage. Although they're supposedly so smart you'd think they'd have figured out there's nothing delectable waiting for them and move on.

Sorry, this week's forecast says mid 40s day, some nights into below freezing territory.