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- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 05:27:30 -0400
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>From: Marge Talt <mtalt@CLARK.NET>
>To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Subject: Re: [SG] Shade, Deer, Drought
>Date: Sat, Jul 31, 1999, 3:33 AM
>
>Very belated response to this one - *very* backed up on my mail.
>
>I expect your friends are zone 7, but which end of it I can't tell without
>knowing exactly where they moved in VA.
>
>Well, different herds of deer will eat different things at different times
>- and they will try just about anything that doesn't move if they are
>really hungry....this said, so far (knock on wood), my resident herd has
>not even sampled:
>
>Nicotiana sylvestris
>Digitalis
>Helleborus
>Echinops ritro
>Stachys byzantina
>Monarda
>Euphorbia
>Tall bearded iris, I. sibirica or I. ensata
>Asclepias
>Any ornamental grass, including Carex, Miscanthus and Pennisetum
>Aquilegia
>Fragaria 'Pink Panda'
>Mazus reptans
>Nepeta
>Lavender
>Symphytum grandiflora
>Arisaema (jack-in-the-pulpit)...tho' have read on Arisaema list that they
>are eaten in other places.
>Acanthus spp.
>Lamiastrum galeobdolan
>Lamiam 'White Nancy'
>Vinca, either major or minor
>Galiium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff)
>Pachysandra terminalis
>Juniper spp.
>Spiraea spp. and cvs.
>Weigela "Foliis Purpuriis'
>Deutzia cvs.
>Pieris japonica species and cvs.
>Nandina domestica species and cvs.
>Any ferns - have many species. Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)
>is native to MD and VA and as tough as old boots when it comes to drought
>and heat
>Wisteria
>Lonicera sempervirens or even that horrible rampant weed L. japonica
>'Halliana' that takes over the woodland and anything else it can get near.
>Kolkwitzia amabilis
>Any narcissus and have never noticed them trying any of the minor bulbs I
>have all over the place
>Any Allium species or cv - have a handful around and about
>Colchicum
>Geranium macrorrhizum, tho' they love several other species
>Bamboo (drat it, that's one they could have all of that they want!)
>Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii' or my native I. opaca; they will munch on I.
>crenata quite happily.
>
>That's all I can think of right now...there are probably a few more - the
>rest of my garden is gourmet heaven for them.
>
>However, all lists are localized....different herds will eat some of the
>things mine do not. I always think of what Ellen Hornig of Seneca Hill
>Nursery posted on Alpine-L during one discussion about deer eating
>things....she said they have leather mouths and will eat anything...and she
>is right. Even if they find they don't like it, they can do a fair amount
>of damage in the discovery process.
>
>Marge
>in dry, dry MD where voluntary water restriction went in place yesterday
>with mandatory coming on soon...
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@clark.net
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>> From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
>> Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 1:30 PM
>>
>> Hi--
>>
>> friends of ours recently moved to central Virginia. They don't know their
>> zone (7?). Their yard is shaded by large oak and magnolia trees. Deer are
>> a problem in the area, so hostas won't work for them. They can't think of
>> anything else to plant that deer won't eat. Also, like much of the
>country
>> they are suffering from drought conditions at least this year. I
>> suggested ferns, but wasn't able to recommend particular varieties. Any
>> other low-maintenance suggestions for plants unpalatable to deer? Thanks.
>>
>> Bobbi Diehl
>> Bloomington, IN
>> zone 5/6
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