Re: deer
Jackie Bell wrote:
>
> Hi Rita: I saw your post on the deer problem and I though following
> that Mr. Lindsey sent me earlier might be helpful. It was done in l993,
> but it's still the best list I've seen. There is also another list at
> http://sunsite.unc.edu/london/agriculture/faqs/deer-repelling-plants.faq
> that list both botanical and common names.
>
> Both look to be fairly accurate, but deer will eat ANYTHING if they are
> hungry enough. The only plants/shrubs I have found to be 100% safe on
> our island (zone 4-5) are all varieties of barberry, rugosa roses (they
> sometime nip the flowers, but leave the plant alone), siberian iris and
> potentilla.
>
> I think that deer in different parts of the country must have different
> preferences because I've seen tulips and hosta on some lists. In my
> neighborhood, planting those two is like ringing a dinner bell! Three
> hosta plants set in last year lasted 8 hours! I didn't even have time
> to spray them with Ropel (which is effective, but washes off in rain and
> has to be reapplied).
>
> Good luck and I hope this helps.
>
> Jackie Bell
> Great Diamond Island
> Portland, Maine (zone 4-5)
>
> Newsgroups: rec.gardens
> From: cl27111@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Lindsey)
> Subject: Re: Question on deer proof plants
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 06:45:30 GMT
>
> Here's a list of plants that deer don't like that I posted a
> while
> back:
>
> Acanthus Kniphofia
> Aconitum Leucojum
> Agave Lirioe
> Allium Lychnis coronaria
> Amaryllis Melianthus
> Artemisia Melissa
> Arum Melittis
> Arundo Mentha
> Astilbe Mirabilis
> Campanula Myosotis
> Carex Nepeta
> Centaurea Origanum
> Ceratostigma Paeonia
> Chrysanthemum maximum Papaver
> Cortaderia Phormium
> Crinum Polygonatum
> Crocosmia Potentilla
> Dicentra Pulmonaria
> Digitalis Romneya
> Epimedium Rudbeckia
> Euphorbia Saliva
> Ferns Satureja
> Festuca glauca Scabiosa
> Filipendula Sisyrinchium
> Gaillardia Tellima
> Geranium Thalictrum
> Gerbera Tiarella
> Gunnera Trillium
> Helianthus Veratrum
> Helichrysum Vinca
> Hosta Iris
>
> Hope it helps!
>
> Chris
>
> Christopher Lindsey -- Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Univ. of
> Illinois
>
> corkinb wrote:
> >
> > ginny wrote:
> > >
> > > Rita,
> > >
> > > Guess it depends on the size of the deer and his appetite. Deer can be a
> > > gigantic problem! Do a search on deer resistant plants for starters.
> > >
> > > Ginny
> > Well, I hope he is not persistant as I will have the back yard fenced.
> > He is full-grown with a mate so I better look into deer resistant plants
> > for the front yard for sure then. They may have babies or something.
> > I know nothing at all about deer, except Santa had one.;)
> > Rita
Dear Rita,
I agree with a lot of what Jackie says. Tulips and hosta cannot possibly
be deer resistant. I have ben experimenting for some time with der
resistant plants as we have a great deal of deer out my way, especially
near the wooded state parks. I have found that mant things that
nurseries have claimed to be deer resistant were not. They ate all the
green off the Rosa ragosa, not just the buds, and they have eaten the
barberry. They do leave the grasses and many ferns alone. They have even
gone after Rhododendron varieties, but not yet the maximus. Chris' list
of perennials is not in my experience accurate, but i have yet to see
one that is. I have tried many sprays with mixed results. After a strong
rain the sprays seem to wash off. I believe where practical to use
fencing, but during rutting season the bucks can plow their way through
heavy duty fences. Also the large ones can jump 8' fencing.
Mark
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