Deer are worse than ever this winter

18 years ago

This year these destructive demons have been worse than ever. Although Hellebores are said to be deer resistant, I have lost all the foliage on several, and many seedlings have been pulled up by the roots( bare rooting hellebores in winter is not a good idea, I hope they survive replanting). I check twice a week, and replant them, but expect to lose many. They have totally eaten the woodland spurge to the ground, and even lychnis coronaria, one of the furry plants they generally ignore, has no leaves left. Yesterday topped it off, when I discovered they had pawed up the ground in my snowdrop patch, and were eating the bulbs. The only things still untouched are Digitalis and Stachys.

@#$#$^%&$%^%^&%^

George

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naturenut_pa
18 years ago
we also planted hellebore, and it's been nibbled on. i thought they were resistant because of their toxicity???

as we were planting it, i created this fantasy in my mind. i imagined a deer munching on the plant. after about 2 seconds it's eyes would roll to the back of it's head, and immediately it would just keel over.

i am going to try something different this fall. when digitalis is done and looking shabby, i usually cut it and just leave the stalks on the ground. this year, i am going to scatter the stalks among plants with less resistance. let the deer try to munch around that if they can. if it doesn't kill 'em, it'll sure give 'em a bellyache.
Pipersville_Carol
18 years ago
They munched our white pines (which I thought were deer resistant because we have tons of them growing in the woods near here) but so far haven't intruded into the garden. The leatherleaf viburnum had a nibble, but it must not have tasted good.
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