Re: Hardy geraniums and deer
There's a very useful site at www.deerresistantplants.com, a nursery
that specialises in deer-proof plants with good lists. What's more
there's a deer mailing list on yahoogroups, you can access it from
the above site.
Graham Rice
Northamptonshire, UK
> >The best part about Geranium macrorrhizum is that the deer don't eat it -
>>they don't seem to like the fragrance. They eat almost any other hardy
>>geranium that I have - other things also.
>>
>>Margot
>>East Hampton NY
>
>
>That's what I like about deer - they're so unpredictable. ;-) In our
>nursery beds, they used to pass up all manner of other plants (we'd see the
>tracks in the cultivated ground) to come up and munch on the geraniums -
>yes G macrorrhizum - :-) too. They were a pita - even with two big dogs
>roaming the place, we still see them within a few yards of the house. (Not
>this winter, the snow is too deep at the moment for them to wander far from
>their wintering yards) As soon as the snow starts to melt, they'll be all
>over us looking for a bite to eat. I understand from my list that they are
>a rather large problem in many parts of the continent this year for these
>reasons.
>
>Doug
>Doug Green
>Syndicated gardening columnist, Freelance writer
>http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com
>Gardens should be like love affairs - hot and spicy.
>
>
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