Re: bambi....was roses for part shade was: Shrubs for shade
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- Subject: Re: bambi....was roses for part shade was: Shrubs for shade
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 04:29:29 -0500
If you don't, consider yourself blessed! You are so right, they are
beautiful creatures, but it gets very difficult to love them when
they continually use the garden for a salad bar....or when you are
muttering away, spending boring hours installing or removing winter
fencing from around really vulnerable plantings...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
Editor: Gardening in Shade
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> From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 20, 2000 11:29 AM
>
> I'm just grateful I don't have to deal with them! I'm sure they're
> beautiful to watch, but your whole outlook on them changes when
they've
> damaged your garden.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marge Talt [m*@clark.net]
> > Subject: Re: roses for part shade was: Shrubs for shade
> >
> >
> > 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
> > Editor: Gardening in Shade
> > current article:Acclimation - Why Did My Plant Die? Redux
> > http://suite101.com/welcome.cfm/222
> > All garden topics welcome page:
> > http://suite101.com/category.cfm/gardening
> >
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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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