Re: roses for part shade was: Shrubs for shade
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- Subject: Re: roses for part shade was: Shrubs for shade
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:53:31 -0500
I dunno, Susan, my local herd doesn't seem to mind thorns at all, nor
crinkly leaves...think it has more to do with their taste buds, if
those leather mouths actually have any. They seem to love all manner
of thorny and prickly stuff and used to eat all the leaves from my
curcubits (and those are quite prickly and crinkly), leaving the
stems standing at attention. There's a noxious, weedy vine - mile a
minute is the common name; member of the Polygonum family, I think,
but can't bring bot. name to mind - anyway, used to have vast stands
of it and the deer loved it...would gather around and munch away for
long periods of time on end...and it is pretty thorny. Since I've
been fencing off their preferred winter diet of yew and azalea, they
have taken to eating the leaves from overwintering Lunaria
annua...and those are both crinkly and fuzzy. So don't think their
preferences are texture related.....
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 12:58 PM
>
> I've heard that consistently about rugosas being less palatable to
deer than
> other roses. I wonder if it has something to do with the crinkly
leaves or
> the fact that they are often VERY thorny.
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