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Deer Are Not So Dear!
Deer Are Not So Dear!
Our GoalOur Goal
Don’t grow the plants that you like, grow the
plants that the deer don’t like!!!
Understanding What We’re Up
Against
Understanding What We’re Up
Against•An exploding deer population
•Human populations shifting to rural and suburban home sites
•Loss of deer habitat to development
•Landowner decisions to prevent deer hunting
Persian Lilac
Sunny Shrubs that Deer Don’t Love!
Butterfly Bush
Sweet Pepper Bush
St. John’s Wort
Weigela Florida
Persian Lilac
Achillea/Yarrow
Columbine
Foxglove/Digitalis
Perennials for a Sunny Garden
Bee Balm
Dianthus
Lavender
Annuals for a Sunny Garden
Purple Coneflower
Cosmos
Zinnias
Snapdragons
Four O’clock
Marigolds
More Annuals for a Sunny Garden
Coleus
Cockscomb
Ageratum Black eyed Susan
Portulaca
Made in the Shade Perennials
Deer Verboten!!!
Japanese Painted Fern
Phlox stolinifera
Bugleweed
Southern Maidenhair Fern
Helleborus
Bleeding Heart
Mountain Laurel
Shady Shrubs that Deer Don’t Love!
Spurge/ Pachysandra
Leucothoe
Doublefile Viburnum
Bridalwreath Spirea
A Sunny Plan to Inspire
you……..
Written by Ruth Rogers Clausen
Key to Plan 1. Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii 'Purple Emperor'). 2. Butterfly bush (Bddleja dvidii 'Peacock'). 3. Milky bellflower (Campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'). 4. Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Razzmatazz'). 5. Anise hyssop (Agastache 'Blue Fortune'). 6. Purple maiden grass (Miscanthus 'Purpurascens'). 7. Yarrow (Achillea 'Moonshine'). 8. Hybrid cranesbill (Geranium 'Jolly Bee'). 9. Blue oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens 'Saphirsprundel'). 10. Tickseed (Coreopsis 'Creme Brulee'). 11. Perennial sage (Salvia x sylvestris 'May Night'). 12. Germander (Teucrium hyrcanicum 'Paradise Delight').
Foxglove
Lady Fern
Bleeding Heart
Primrose
Astilbe
Lily of the Valley
A Shade Plan to Inspire
you……..
Our Tool Box
•Virginia Tech University
•University of West Virginia
•Pennsylvania State University
•University of Connecticut
•University of Illinois
•AHS Southeast Smart Garden Guide
•AHS Encyclopedia of Perennials
•AHS A-Z encyclopedia of Garden Plants
•Other Websites, too numerous to list here!
But always remember,
Resistant does not mean Deer Proof, and
Harmony is a very beautiful thing!
Kumbaya, y’all!
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