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"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.

Mine freezes and comes back. It's actually very hard to get rid of once
you have it established. ;-)

Plus, you can grow it from cuttings. I cut a bunch from my neighbors
yard as he wanted to get rid of it (and he still hasn't even tho' I
butchered the hell out of it. G) and just tossed the cuttings on the
ground and covered them with some mulch. About 1/2 of them survived and
have started a nice patch.


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.

Bummer. :-(

You game to try herbs?
I have three patches of thyme and I use a lot of it in cooking. It's an
attractive little plant and lasts thru the winter. So did Italian
Oregano (which tended to spread even more than Lemon Balm) but then it
abruptly died after about 5 or 6 years. Not sure why. The Thyme is fine.

Dittany of Crete is also doing very, very well and I now have two
patches of it going, and spreading happily. Once I get around to
actually landscaping my back yard, I'll probably put in several of those
since they stay low growing and put out some attractive, interesting
lavender blooms in the summer.

Maybe something native to the area even?
Surely there has to be some sort of xeriscape ground cover that the deer
don't wipe out?

There is always English Ivy or shudder Asiatic Jasmine. The star
jasmine is very prolific, at least on my front fence in San Marcos.
I have to prune liberally to keep it under control.

A nice herbal that seems to be pretty tough is spearmint. Will deer eat
that?


"Jangchub" wrote in message
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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
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