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| I am moving shortly to an island off the coast of British Columbia, not far from Vancouver. It's famous for its beauty - and its ravenous deer, known as 'Superdeer', as they "can leap high fences at a single bound". I have two large pots of coreopsis to take with me, as well as sage, rosemary, curly-leafed parsley, ivy, and two pots of geraniums, which are ready to be wintered inside. I couldn't tell by the colors on the map whether I'm in zone 1 or 5, as we're right on the coast (was it a green strip on the map? If so, zone 5). So, deer experts, may I have your advice? |
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- Posted by scarletdaisies 6 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 8, 09 at 15:35
| No expert, but deers hate marigolds, and lavender. http://www.flower-gardening-made-easy.com/deer-resistant.html |
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- Posted by jaceysgranny 7aAR (My Page) on Thu, Oct 22, 09 at 0:35
| No expert here either but coreopsis grows wild here and I also have had several different types and they never ate them. I also grow sage and rosemary. We live with woods on three sides and there has been up to 10 deer in our backyard without eating them. |
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| Daffodils, Shasta Daisies, Amaryllis. They don't eat iris in the spring but do in the fall when there is less food. Chere |
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| Most of the islands off the coast of British Columbia are Canada zone 8 or 9. We're talking really warm, at least for Canada. I would check that hardiness zone if I were you. Are you moving to Salt Spring Island by chance? |
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- Posted by wantonamara (My Page) on Sun, Nov 8, 09 at 19:56
| I find that salvias are never browsed by deer. So many to choose from. |
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- Posted by wonbyherwits z7 NC (My Page) on Thu, Nov 12, 09 at 17:28
| Deer herds will have different preferences by regions, depending upon availability of other foods. I've found these flowers to work well in my deer resistant garden (no fencing, no repellents in use). SL Magazine was here this summer and has a copy of this list that they are going to use in an upcoming issue in 2010 that features my deer resistant garden. I am listing only those plants that I've personally grown in my garden where 20+ deer wander through at least once a day. I'm sure that I've forgotten a few plants, but these are the best. Top Flowering Deer Resistant Perennials: Agastache Echinacea Monarda Nepeta Salvia Other good deer resistant flowering perennials Top Flowering Deer Resistant Shrubs & Trees Flowering Deer Resistant Vines Flowering Deer Resistant Annuals and Bulbs Deer Resistant Foliage Plants (shrubs, trees, herbs and perennials) lavender (Spanish and 'Munstead') miscanthus 'Cosmopolitan', 'Little Zebra' chamaecyparis pisifera weeping willow, curly willow Cameron |
Here is a link that might be useful: my gardening blog (select deer resistant topic)
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| I don't recall seeing lamb's ear on that list and I saw that in a gardening magazine last evening. Use Bobbex..google it, one of the nureries that has a tv show every saturday morning, highly recommends this product. We've used Liquid Fence and had success but any product like that, you have to reapply after a rain. |
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| We have occassional deer damage in our Connecticut yard, and they love to eat Mondarda (bee balm). I have jacob klein or another red variety and the only way for me to see it bloom is if I spray it. The deer just came and ate my true geranium Rozanne, this October. Normally they are not supposed to like true geranium so I've read, and that seemed to be true since the deer left it alone all summer. They also ate my mock orange this month Oct. and they normally don't eat that either. |
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| They hate any flowers of aromatic herbs (rosemary, lavender, etc.) Also have used Bleeding Heart, Day lily, Iris, and Columbine to avoid the deer munching. And other people report otherwise, but I have not had a problem with deer and rhododendrons--but they LOVE azaleas. Crape myrtles are also good to go but they need real summer HEAT to do anything. |
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