Re: Cleome
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- Subject: Re: Cleome
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 00:46:17 -0400
As far as I know, Cleome isn't perennial anywhere - maybe tropical or
sub-tropical climes....it's always sold as an annual. But it is a past
master at reseeding! I didn't know it repelled deer, but it is something
they don't eat. Hmmm...maybe I need to scatter that seed farther and
wider!
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Jean Carpenter <backhoe@scan.missouri.org>
> Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999 7:34 PM
>
> Cleome is not a perennial here in zone 6, however, I plant it as it
repels
> deer. When brushed it tends to put off an order that smells sort of like
a
> skunk and the deer don't like it. Anything they don't like, I love. It
> reseeds very prolifically. Jean
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