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Old 18-02-2008, 09:30 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Deer eating my Hick's yew trees

Thank you very much for the information! Just two more questions:

1. Should I snip off the stripped branches or just leave them?

2. Can you think of any attractive, thick bushes that are "deer-
resistent"?

Thanks again!

David


The yew won't die, but it will definitely be mis-shapened. Those
needles won't come back. The only hope is that new branches will bud
out and fill in. Usually after a few years, the damage isn't that
noticeable. It's definitely worse for upright growing yews versus low
bushy ones.

-al sung
Rapid Realm Technology, Inc.
Hopkinton, MA (Zone 6a)