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!