I never mentioned wandering jew. Anyway, I have no idea what that is
because there are at least ten things people call "Wandering Jew." If
you mean the dark purple foliage of Tradescantia pallida, it
definitely behaves like a perennial here in the Austin USDA Zone of
8b. Not deer proof.


On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 04:07:21 -0600, "Bob"
wrote:

Thanks for all the ideas. I did find info' on Wandering Jew, which said
that the leaves are eatable, but rather bland. They are sometimes used for
livestock feed because they are easy and quick to grow, so I doubt if they
would be deer proof. Also, Wandering Jew can't tolerate temp's below 32
degrees, so that pretty well eliminates them for this area.

Yep, deer will eat almost everything at times. We lost part of a Jupon(sp)
Holly because the deer chewed the bark off some low limbs.





"Jangchub" wrote in message
.. .
Google is a great thing for your answer. Keep in mind during a
drought deer will eat whatever they can get unless they detect it is
poisonous to them. These are some plants:

Ground Covers
Aarons Beard (Hypericum calycinum)
Asiatic Jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)2
Carpet Bugle (Aiuga reptans)2 4
Monkey grass (Ophiopogon japonica)2
Myrtle (Vinca major)4
Santolina (Santolina spp.)1 3
Spearmint (Menta spicata)3
Thyme (Thymus spp.)

Here are some websites:

http://www.npsot.org/plant_lists/deer_resistant.html

http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/publications/deer.html





On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 13:50:38 -0600, "Bob"
wrote:

We want to put a ground cover around a couple large Live Oaks in
our front lawn. Our nursery suggested Vinca-Major and said it was
deer proof. We bought a couple hundred dollars worth and set them
out last October.

As you can guess, the deer have eaten them to the ground. Don't know if
they will come back or not, I rather doubt it.

Anyway, I'm looking for suggestions for a good ground cover under Oak
trees, one that the deer won't eat.

I was wondering about Wandering Jew. Anyone have any experience?

Thanks, Bob