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Flowers and plants deer won't eat
Posted on 3/10/23 at 7:10 am
Posted on 3/10/23 at 7:10 am
My family is starting a family "memorial park" (a place for ashes to the spread), but it is way back up in the deer woods. There is a small body of water and we want to plant various flowers around it, but we need something deer will not eat (we already has jonquils and other bulbs as deer - at least in our area - don't eat them). Any suggestions?
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Posted on 3/10/23 at 2:48 pm to greenbean
Oleander
Azaleas (I don’t think they will) it’s toxic to sheep and they are very similar.
Azaleas (I don’t think they will) it’s toxic to sheep and they are very similar.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 4:09 pm to 9rocket
Daffodils
Like hyacinths, daffodils are toxic and therefore fully deer-proof. Deer rarely touch them, and even squirrels leave them alone.
Grape Hyacinth
Hyacinths are one of the very few bulbs that can legitimately be called deer-proof. The bulbs are poisonous to deer, squirrels, and other bulb-eaters. Nor will deer eat the flowers and foliage once the bulbs bloom.
Like hyacinths, daffodils are toxic and therefore fully deer-proof. Deer rarely touch them, and even squirrels leave them alone.
Grape Hyacinth
Hyacinths are one of the very few bulbs that can legitimately be called deer-proof. The bulbs are poisonous to deer, squirrels, and other bulb-eaters. Nor will deer eat the flowers and foliage once the bulbs bloom.
This post was edited on 3/10/23 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 3/10/23 at 4:20 pm to greenbean
If you've got plenty of sunlight, Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha) is highly deer-resistant and attracts lots of butterflies.
Mexican bush sage looks great but produces dead stems that need to broken off and removed annually.
Society garlic is also highly deer-resistant and easy to grow, but gives off a slight garlic odor nearby.
Other than oleander mentioned in a previous post, the highly deer-resistant flowers we've found all have purple blooms.
There's a long list of supposedly deer-resistant plants that get immediately eaten in our neighborhood.
Mexican bush sage looks great but produces dead stems that need to broken off and removed annually.
Society garlic is also highly deer-resistant and easy to grow, but gives off a slight garlic odor nearby.
Other than oleander mentioned in a previous post, the highly deer-resistant flowers we've found all have purple blooms.
There's a long list of supposedly deer-resistant plants that get immediately eaten in our neighborhood.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 5:22 pm to 9rocket
They ate my encore azaleas but leave my regular azaleas alone.
Posted on 3/10/23 at 5:42 pm to greenbean
From the LSU ag center
vitex, lantana, buddleia, fountain grass, salvia, verbena, columbine, dianthus, foxglove, gardenia, celosia, marigolds, yarrow, dusty miller, canna lily, milk weed, Joe Pye weed, crape myrtle, lamb’s ear, Louisiana iris,
vitex, lantana, buddleia, fountain grass, salvia, verbena, columbine, dianthus, foxglove, gardenia, celosia, marigolds, yarrow, dusty miller, canna lily, milk weed, Joe Pye weed, crape myrtle, lamb’s ear, Louisiana iris,
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