With the country-wide range of posters in this NG, there must be some
experience of being bothered by deer. I just wondered if anyone knew of
other plants which can be added to the lists below.

Plants they like:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=184

Those they aren't keen on:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=185

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Jeff

In article , lid
says...

With the country-wide range of posters in this NG, there must be some
experience of being bothered by deer.

Our previous garden was on a deer track.

I just wondered if anyone knew of
other plants which can be added to the lists below.

Plants they like:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=184

add tulips

Those they aren't keen on:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=185

add daffodils/narcissi and bluebells.

TBH the biggest bother we got from deer was tree related; I was
growing thousands of young trees and they would either nip out the top
leader , or on larger ones, rub off young bark with itchy new antlers.

They could easily have got into our veg garden but never did afaik. They
would come right down to within a yard of the house at night, to eat shrub
roses. Except rugosa roses .

Janet.

On 05/13/2012 09:57 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:
With the country-wide range of posters in this NG, there must be some
experience of being bothered by deer. I just wondered if anyone knew of
other plants which can be added to the lists below.

Plants they like:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=184

Those they aren't keen on:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=185


Deer are a plague.

They love Japanese maples and Snakebark maples. They also love Cornus
florida, young beech shoots.

In spite of 1.2 m fencing all around it, they ate the tender top off of
A. shirasawanum 'Palmatifolium' last week.

"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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On 05/13/2012 09:57 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:
With the country-wide range of posters in this NG, there must be some
experience of being bothered by deer. I just wondered if anyone knew of
other plants which can be added to the lists below.

Plants they like:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=184

Those they aren't keen on:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=185


Deer are a plague.

They love Japanese maples and Snakebark maples. They also love Cornus
florida, young beech shoots.

In spite of 1.2 m fencing all around it, they ate the tender top off of
A. shirasawanum 'Palmatifolium' last week.

Deer will laugh at such a small fence. Only an 11 wire proper deer fence
will keep them out - so I am told. I'm lucky enough not to be bothered by
them, there don't seem to be any wild deer near me in Leics (except the ones
confined in Bradgate Park)
Tina

The first time I planted a japanese maple, it was rabbits that ate it, I saw them at it. It was a small one, and the rabbit managed to bend it over to eat the foliage right to the top. Subsequently I have managed to kill several myself without the assistance of any wildlife.

On May 13, 8:57*am, Jeff Layman wrote:
With the country-wide range of posters in this NG, there must be some
experience of being bothered by deer. *I just wondered if anyone knew of
other plants which can be added to the lists below.

Plants they like:http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=184

Those they aren't keen on:http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=185

--

Jeff

A college friend of mine, now living in the USA,
published a book in 2011 about Deer Resistant Plants.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B006...7097533&sr=1-7

HTH ... Jennifer