Deer resistant plants

Friday, 02 September 2011 23:00

Written by Doug Oster

deer_resitant_plants As you can see in the video to the right, deer are a big problem for many gardeners.

Here's a list of deer resistant plants from Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy horticulturalist Angela Masters. She has been able to grow all these at Riverview Park Chapel Shelter.

You think you have a deer problem? As you can see from the video, I was 10 feet away from some fawns who had no fear of people.

I've also put a list together of plants that work in my North Hills garden too. I've got deer, but not the numbers that Angela deals with.

The garden at the Chapel Shelter are beautiful and it's a wonderful place to spend some quiet time with the bees...oh yeah, and the deer!

Perennials

Mountain Mint Pycananthemum muticum

Yarrow Achillea millefolium (various cutivars)

Salvia ‘May Night’ Salvia nemorosa ‘May Night’

Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia fulgirda

Bearded Iris Iris germanica (various cultivars)

Golden-alexander Zizia aurea

Virginia Willow Itea virginica

Annuals

Salvia ‘Victoria Blue’

Zinnia ‘Profusion Cherry’

Ageratum ‘Blue Horizon’

Dusty Miller

Celosia ‘Fresh Look Red’

Marigold

Alyssum

This blog post from the PPC has more tips, ideas and details for dealing with the deer.

Here are some other plants that aren't getting eaten in my garden. Just remember though, each herd eats differently-

Tithonia (Mexican sunflower)

Siberian iris

Forcythia

Anemone

Anise Hyssop

Dahlias

Azalea and Rhododendrons

Perennial hibiscus

Rose of Sharon

There are lots of different products that can be sprayed on plants like hostas that the deer love. Bobbex really has worked well in my garden.

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written by nrmead, September 03, 2011 - 11:48 AM

Deer do not like blue - hence the blue salvia and argeratum. They also do not like blue spruce. A neighbor recommended dahlias, but in my yard they were flattened. I think she planted hers in a spot that was off of the deer path. Also, in the winter our azaleas and rhodies would have been eaten to the ground in the winter if we did not fence them in. In the summer they were OK. Forget about trying to plant day lilies, tulips, arbor vitae, impatiens. I've probably left out a host of other things that they eat too.

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