I need a list of "deer proof" plants for a friend

[flying_wahini]

she has lost a ton of bushes on her property, any ideas ???

[TygrBright]

1. Wayside and White's both have lists on their websites...

...also try Googling "garden" and "deer" and you'll find a wealth of info.

helpfully,
Bright

[peacebird]

2. liquid fence is the only thing that works for me, but it works well

Aside from spraying that I have to say my deer eat everything from azaleas, spirea, rhodedendrun, beautyberry, forsythia, nandina even barberry with all its thorns!

But the deer are so lovely that i settle for spraying stinky invisible fence right near the house and let them have the rest of the acreage.....

[flying_wahini]

3. thanks, she has lost so many plants, I'll pass that along

nt

[blue neen]

4. Some perennial flowers that they leave alone in our yard are

astilbe, foxglove and monarda.

[mitchtv]

8. add rosemary and oleander

Lantana

[LiberalEsto]

5. Irish Spring soap may help

It doesn't always work, but last year we hung bars of Irish Spring on all the young trees to keep the deer from rubbing their antlers and stripping the bark. I put each bar into an old knee-high stocking, and tied it in a branch at about deer head level.

My neighbor and I also used graters to sprinkle Irish Spring on the hostas, and that seemd to help a great deal.

Daffodils and plants in the mint family are highly deer-resistant. The mints include catmint or nepeta, which is a lovely silvery green with a mist of small lavender blossoms. Then there are lavender, rosemary, agastache which will draw bees to your vegetable garden, monarda, clary sage (3 to 4 feet tall and spectacularly fragrant and self-seeding)and needless to say the peppermint, spearmint, chocolate mint and soforth. Oregano makes a nice perennial with pink flowers, and there are several varieties of thyme that look quite nice.

[flying_wahini]

6. thanks, had not heard of the Irish spring trick,

will pass that along

[hedgehog]

7. Can you set aside any ground for pasture?

I planted some clover and the deer seem to prefer grazing on that to anything I plant.