Re: Deer resistant iris

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From: Rodney Barton <rbartontx@yahoo.com>
To: "iris-species@yahoogroups.com" <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 9:48 AM
Subject: [iris-species] Deer resistant iris

 

Reply #1. - R

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From: Sean Zera <zera@umich.edu>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Fw:

 

Now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever had cristata eaten by deer, though they've definitely eaten lacustris so it might be a coincidence. I'd say deer-resistant, at least once the clump is established so that minor damage isn't fatal. Most of the severe damage done to my irises of any species by deer has been caused by accidentally pulling new plants out of the ground. I don't know about verna, as I've never been able to keep it alive for some reason.

Sean Z

Zone 6a

SE Michigan