2007-07-30 15:45:47 · 10 answers · asked by fionabtoo 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
You can plant these Perennial plants that are not liked by deer:
Yarrow, monkshood, anemone, columbine, Artemisia, butterfly weed, astilbe, Ecinachea purpurea, false indigo, bergenia, marsh marigold, cornflower, delphinium, bleeding heart, foxglove, wood fern, purple coneflower, fleabane daisy, Joe-pye weed, spurge, blanket flower, crested gentian, baby’s breath, Helenium, coral bells, hibiscus, St. John’s wort, iris, red-hot poker, lavender, Shasta daisy, lupine, Monarda, oriental poppy, Russian sage, obedient plant, Jacob’s ladder, Solomon’s seal, primrose, bracken fern, pasque flower, orange coneflower, perennial salvia, pincushion flower, yellow stone crop, lamb’s ear, Pyrethrum (painted daisy), spiderwort, and speedwell.
UW-Extension Publications. A3727
Deer resistant shrubs: daphne, butterfly bush, boxwood, barberry, spirea, nandina, various rhododendrons, beautybush, American holly, Mugo pine, forsythia, hibiscus, lilac, currant, gardenia. Some people plant a border of Lilacs as a deterrent to deers because they'll go somewhere else where there's plants they like.
Why not try a mix of these flowers?
Ecinachea purpurea (purple coneflower) is not only beautiful but medicinal & now comes in different colors:
http://www.yardener.com/ChoosingConeflower.html
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/2000/Ethnobotany/purple_coneflower.html
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/coneflower
Painted Daisy Pyrethrum (used for bug spray):
http://www.yankeegardener.com/seeds/flwr-pyrethrum-lg.html
Russian Sage
http://www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/flowers/perovskia/perovskia.htm
Good luck! Hope this helps.
2007-07-30 23:33:10 · answer #1 · answered by ANGEL 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In South Carolina I had problems with deer eating my azaleas. I installed motion sensor lights and placed two garden looking frogs that made noise when you walked past them and that kept them away.
You can also place dog poop in among your shrubs and flowers and that sometimes scares them off as well.
If that doesn't work, then go to your nearest Sportsman center and ask them for suggestions.
2007-07-30 15:53:44 · answer #2 · answered by Bubbles 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're soooo pretty and such a pain in the butt ! My mom just built a new house and we planted deer resistant plants/ trees/ shrubs. Thing is, if they're hungry enough they'll eat anything green ! try this link it has a ton of info !! http://gardening.about.com/od/gardenproblems/a/DeerResistant.htm
2007-07-30 15:58:38 · answer #3 · answered by pvr34 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most gardening catalogs list their deer-resistant plants, even in zone 5 !!!
2016-05-18 02:23:54 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything with thorns should work, like barberry bushes. It's true that deer, if hungry enough will eat just about anything. My father-in-law used to hang bars of soap in his garden and I have heard that human hair (like from your hair brush), can also be a deterrent...
Good luck!
2007-07-30 16:25:25 · answer #5 · answered by Patricia D 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Before doing anything drastic, get a package of mothballs and sprinkle them around the perimeter of your garden; most deer hate the scent, and will stay away from them.
2007-07-30 17:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
get the gun,or you can buy a solar powered hot wire kit at a local hardware store .This works. YOU put this around the plants to be saved .
2007-07-30 16:08:09 · answer #7 · answered by coot 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google deer resistant plants. I have bee balm, cone flowers, boxwoods, yarrow, lemon balm, black eyes susans. There are many.
2007-07-31 02:13:16 · answer #8 · answered by KathyS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can buy a harmless repellent to spray on your plants that'll keep them away.
2007-07-30 15:54:24 · answer #9 · answered by sorri 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check this place out, it might help. http://www.critter-repellent.com/index.php
2007-07-30 17:14:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋