I have a summer cottage and want to plant some bushes(Maybe late August, early September). I need something I can plant around and under a maple tree(shady to partial shade). I also need something that doesn't get too tall(maybe 5-6 feet) and it needs to be something the deer don't like(we have plenty of deer aroung here). Also, the soil isn't so great, it tends to be fairly sandy. I am open to deciduous or non-deciduous, although I am hoping these bushes will block the view of an old, decaying cottage that is behind us. If I were to get deciduous, I would want something that blooms in summer. I will be able to water the plants while I am there. Then a family member will water them for me for the rest of September and possibly early October. After that the only water the bushes will get will be from the rain, until we go back up there late spring of next year. I think I am in zone 5(just below Portland).