Master Gardener Decision Support Guide
Perennials
Iris
The problem you described is voles. Pine voles are mouse-like in
appearance.
Voles eat flower bulbs, girdle stems of woody plants, and
gnaw roots. Trapping or using a rodenticide is the only control
for voles. Rodenticides with chlorophacinone (sold as Rozol Rat
or Mouse Killer Pellets) are recommended. To learn more about
voles or trapping voles contact your local Extension Center for
the Wildlife Damage Management publication AG-472-3, Voles in
Horticultural Plantings.
For more information see
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Master Gardener Decision Support Guide
Designed by Cyndi
Lauderdale on March 2, 2000.
Contents modified on March 3, 2000.