Cats that roam your flowerbeds can damage or destroy plants, but keeping them away doesn’t need to be an endless battle. Here’s an effective solution that won’t erupt into violence: use an electronic barrier.
There are various methods you can employ to keep your flowers safe from felines, such as installing a cat fence and bird netting. Scarecrows or spraying the area with materials known to repel cats may also work effectively.
Stakes
Deterring cats from your flower beds with stakes is an efficient and cost-effective method of protecting your garden. Try wooden chopsticks, recycled carpet runners with their nubs up, or spikes designed to deter birds (sometimes sold under names like “fox spikes, squirrel spikes, or chicken spikes”). Just ensure they’re long enough to dissuade cats from walking over them!
Another effective deterrent for cats can be to put out items that smell bad to them, like citrus peels, essential oils or used coffee grounds – these scents will disrupt their heightened sense of smell which is about 16 times stronger than ours!
Planting cat-averse flowers such as Coleus canina is one way to deter them from your flowers, such as those with an unpleasant urine scent that repels cats with its strong scent and makes maintenance much simpler. Plus, this easy-care plant requires little upkeep!
Chicken wire
If your garden attracts cats, try using chicken wire to protect the plants. This inexpensive solution works to deter cats from digging, climbing and toileting in flower beds and vegetable gardens while protecting plants from rabbits or other small animals.
One cost-effective and simple solution to keeping cats away from your flowers is using Coleus Caninus plants, which emit an aroma similar to urine, deterring cats from approaching. They’re easy to care for too since they require little watering.
Make a scarecrow with long sticks or broomsticks and fill it with scented materials to further deter cats. Motion sprinklers may also prove effective; cats don’t like being exposed to the spray of water and it could help deter their presence from your garden. Use motion sprinklers around vegetables that attract cats as an additional deterrent.
Tape
Cats can make great garden companions, but they can also be an annoyance in the flower beds. Cats may dig up soil, nibble leaves of plants and use plant pots as giant outdoor litter boxes – all activities which could potentially damage or disturb your flowers without hurting or endangering their health. There are humane solutions available to deter your cats from disturbing your flowers without hurting or endangering their wellbeing.
One simple yet effective technique involves the use of duct tape. By rolling balls with sticky sides together and placing them strategically throughout your garden, duct tape balls can help deter cats from entering it – particularly useful if cats have taken to using certain structures as lookout points such as urns and window boxes as lookout posts.
Keep cats out of your flower beds by including pungent plants such as lavender, rosemary, scaredy cat plant and citronella in your landscape design. Their strong fragrance may deter cats from entering this space.
Motion sprinklers
Cats can be great companions in gardens, but they can also be destructive, digging holes and eating flowers. Luckily, there are nontoxic solutions to keep cats out of flower beds.
Tape is an affordable and straightforward solution that works well for window boxes or any enclosed areas, but you could also stick the tape on the bottom of an urn to prevent cats from entering.
An effective solution to keep cats away from your plants without harming either of them is using a repellent spray that contains citrus or lavender scents that repel cats without being harmful to plants or the animals themselves. These deterrents may work when combined with other forms of protection.
Plant cat-repellant flowers and herbs to deter cats from your flower garden, such as lemon thyme, rue, pennyroyal and lavender. Not only will these help prevent cats from visiting but they will also add beautiful aesthetics.