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First, start by preventing rabbits from wanting to be near your plant. Keep grass short and remove any plant debri that can used for shelter, and fill any holes with gravel. During spring and summer, rabbits will be pilfering flower gardens, nibbling seedlings,eating grass,alfalfa,clover,beans,peas,cabbage and lettuce. In the fall and winter, clipping twigs,chewing woody plants and shrubs,girdling bark of young trees and burrowing. Use rabbt traps (but be sure to check laws in your area) f youonly have a few to worry about mae a barrer around your yard with scented repellants spray your plant wth lqud repellant but avod the buds and dont do ths after flowering also t s nd of a last resort method and dangerout snce the predaator wll basically be on your plant before you get there. A great method is the use of a sprinkler that shoots out random water and noied to scare pasts away or one emiting a high pitch sound constantly.   A mesh fence is also effective but only whenn buring 10 inches below the ground and is 2-3 feet tall especially areas where it will snow. Rabbits are more inclined to younger and more vulnerable plants so save money by only guarding those . Recognize rabbit bites by diagonal cuts normally a foot or lower on the plant. Rabbits should be remved swiftly if they are in large numbers, 1 couple can produce 18 babies per year. Dried blood, putrescent egg and other smells similar to dead and decaying animals. This makes rabbits think there is a predator near feasting and sends them the opposite way. Once a population of rabbits is established, chemical repellants will have less and less effect as the rabbits catch on to your ship. Keep loose debri out of your guards and be sure rabbits can't apply force to your fence to reach the plant. Runnng towards teh rabbit usually works too, you can even just keep a dog outside if yu want but it may bring you a rabbit back.