Texas Gardening: Plants chewed off at the ground, 0 by WildcatThicket

WildcatThicket wrote:
I just want to whine I think I have the answer to my problem. This fall and winter I have planted 24 crepe myrtles, 8 paulownia trees, 2 spireas, 2 desert willows, 25 rosemarys, all in 1 gallon cantainers that I spent over a year propagating, seeds and cuttings. Almost every plant, except the rosemary has been chewed off to about ground level. My desert willows have only been chewed on. I assume it is rabbits and/or rats, I am over stocked with both. The last plant I put in the ground was a vitex and I put rabbit gaurd fence around it, it is safe so far. I guess my question is will the varmits leave my plants alone when the wild spring greenery starts growing and what are the chances the plants live and gro? By the way I have about 100 plants in 1 gallon pots right in the middle of most of the plantings and they have not been touched. I am sort of a newbie at landscaping in the country. What All I have left to say is &%^$$@&%$^!!!!