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Deer Are Not So Dear!

Deer Are Not So Dear!. Our Goal. Don’t grow the plants that you like, grow the plants that the deer don’t like!!!. Understanding What We ’ re Up Against. An exploding deer population Human populations shifting to rural and suburban home sites Loss of deer habitat to development

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Deer Are Not So Dear!

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  1. DeerAre Not So Dear!

  2. Our Goal • Don’t grow the plants that you like, grow the plants that the deer don’t like!!!

  3. Understanding What We’re Up Against • An exploding deer population • Human populations shifting to rural and suburban home sites • Loss of deer habitat to development • Landowner decisions to prevent deer hunting

  4. Sunny Shrubs that Deer Don’t Love! Persian Lilac Persian Lilac Sweet Pepper Bush St. John’s Wort Butterfly Bush Weigela Florida

  5. Perennials for a Sunny Garden Achillea/Yarrow Dianthus Bee Balm Columbine Foxglove/Digitalis Lavender

  6. Annuals for a Sunny Garden Purple Coneflower Cosmos Zinnias Snapdragons Four O’clock Marigolds

  7. More Annuals for a Sunny Garden Coleus Cockscomb Portulaca Black eyed Susan Ageratum

  8. Made in the Shade Perennials Deer Verboten!!! Japanese Painted Fern Phlox stolinifera Bugleweed Helleborus Southern Maidenhair Fern Bleeding Heart

  9. Shady Shrubs that Deer Don’t Love! Spurge/ Pachysandra Mountain Laurel Leucothoe Doublefile Viburnum Bridalwreath Spirea

  10. A Sunny Plan to Inspire you……..

  11. Written by Ruth Rogers Clausen Key to Plan1. Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii 'Purple Emperor').2. Butterfly bush (Bddleja dvidii 'Peacock').3. Milky bellflower (Campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna').4. Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Razzmatazz').5. Anise hyssop (Agastache 'Blue Fortune').6. Purple maiden grass (Miscanthus 'Purpurascens').7. Yarrow (Achillea 'Moonshine').8. Hybrid cranesbill (Geranium 'Jolly Bee').9. Blue oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens 'Saphirsprundel').10. Tickseed (Coreopsis 'Creme Brulee').11. Perennial sage (Salvia x sylvestris 'May Night').12. Germander (Teucrium hyrcanicum 'Paradise Delight').

  12. A Shade Plan to Inspire you…….. Foxglove Lady Fern Bleeding Heart Primrose Astilbe Lily of the Valley

  13. Our Tool Box • Virginia Tech University • University of West Virginia • Pennsylvania State University • University of Connecticut • University of Illinois • AHS Southeast Smart Garden Guide • AHS Encyclopedia of Perennials • AHS A-Z encyclopedia of Garden Plants • Other Websites, too numerous to list here!

  14. But always remember, Resistant does not mean Deer Proof, and Harmony is a very beautiful thing! Kumbaya, y’all!

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