Re: [SG] Yew was:Shrubs for Shade
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Yew was:Shrubs for Shade
- From: C* P* <E*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:55:29 EST
In a message dated 1/22/99 12:55:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, mtalt@CLARK.NET
writes:
<< Bobbi, you're right about yews *if* Rosemary isn't plagued with deer who
think they are candy. I have to fence mine in every winter or I have
sculptural brown sticks. >>
Not to open the deer thread again, I would think if deer are present in your
garden you would not plant any yew. I have electric fencing and yews inside
the fence thrive in this cold climate, outside the fence they never become
more than a few inches high, then die from the constant grazing. Without
electric fencing I would have no garden. You can cover with the wide black
plastic netting available if you garden is a reasonable size. It seems to
remove the pleasure from the garden to have to go to such lengths each fall.
The deer have been eating boxwood this year, previously immune. It is greatly
depressing to grow a fine specimen and find it defoliated and deformed
overnight.
Claire Peplowski
