Moon's Graden

We have just moved to an area that sees a lot of deer visiting our yard
on a regular basis.  We want to landscape, but don't want to build
Stalag 13 with deer fence.

What is your favorite ornamental plant that deer don't like to eat?

Thanks, Tim.

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Cheers, Steve Henning, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

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Boxwood, holly, photinia, magnolia, what zone are you in?

I planted an acre of corn on the back of my property just for the deer.  Keeps
em away from the house as much as before.  Might try a barking dog or infared
motion sensors mounted around the house to light up the area.

Short of a high fence, I would suggest going to Michaels Arts and
Crafts, or Walmart, and buying those plastic flowers that they sell.
These should prove unworthy of deer feed.

Seriously, I have planted many kinds of plants, trees,a nd shrubs
around my place, and it seens that they nibble on all of them except
the Azalea and holly, and juniper species.

foxeye

On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 15:58:36 -0800, The Schewe Family

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Cheers, Steve Henning, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

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Boxwoods and hollys are a very safe bet.......Tom

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                    Tom the Landscaper
"Why get your hands dirty, when you can pay me?"
                             Zone 6

What is your favorite ornamental plant that deer don't like to eat?
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Believe me, if they are hungry enough, they'll eat anything! But in a
normal winter, they tend to leave my thorny old Garden roses alone, and
only seem to nibble the flowers from my rhododendrons.  I plant lots of
lavender around the roses, as they don't like strong odors, and that seems
to help.
 Carol
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Holly and magnolia are on their salad list here. (the other 2 I
don't grow)

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Leo Smit,   Mt Uniacke, Nova Scotia, Canada;
                     USDA Zone 5, sort-of

Here in the South, there's usually something decent (like our winter
wheat fields) to snack on throughout the winter.

Tim

The deer are used to her, but they won't get within about 100 yards of
the house.  They eat in the pasture with the cattle almost every morning
and evening.

Tim

I have a small ornamental area along my driveway (200 yards from the
house) that is on a major deer trail.  So far, it seems that deer do not
eat daylilies or creeping shrubs such as blue rug juniper;  they seem to
find everything else pretty darn tasty.  I hope to eventually have a few
plants naturalized  that the deer won't bother with and I won't have to
bother with.  Any suggestions? What about Sedum (sp)?

Actually, they didn't eat my RED daylilies, but loved the peach colored
ones.

On Mon, 23 Mar 1998 16:23:25 -0500, "Sandra O'Brien"

My experience with daylilies is that they eat the early
tender foliage and crowns in spring, but leave them alone
when there's more to eat later in the season.  Flowers and
flower buds, on the other hand, are a favorite food any
time.  The color or kind doesn't seem to matter.

The only safe plants I've seen here are barberrys (thorns)
and junipers (very scratchy).  You can find some very long
lists of plants rated for deer resistance and links to pages
about landscaping with resistant plants from:

        http://www.borg.com/~dennis/deer.html

Dennis Mathiasen

Bill in Tony, WI