Are most of these plants deer resistant?
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I live near Yosemite California and have lots of deer going thru my yard. Just starting to plant and want to find the right plants.
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Good luck! I live in northern WI and have tried every plant I have heard was deer resistant. They eat most of them. Herbs seem to be some of the few things they won't eat. Also day lilies and daffodils
Sheri Ketarkus
on May 23, 2015
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Coreopsis, crepe myrtle, yucca, marigolds, geraniums....
Marianne Cerrito
on May 23, 2015
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Deer resistant means nothing. If deer are hungry, they will eat anything and everything. The first year we lived in this house, my entire vegetable garden was chewed down to the ground.
Kathy
on May 23, 2015
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We built a "cage" over our garden with reclaimed drill pipe chicken wire for the walls and hog fence for the roof. Make it tall enough so you can walk around and tend to your crops. Good luck and Happy gardening
Penny markland
on May 23, 2015
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Ferns, Lavender, azalea, daffodils, rhododendron, mint are usually the only plants remaining in my deer filled garden.
Noreen Ford
on May 23, 2015
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You say you live 'near' Yosemite but I don't know your elevation. I live further north in CA at about 1,400 ft elevation and I find that native plants work well for this situation. I find that Redbud is a great landscape tree/bush which is pretty in Spring with its blossoms and the leaves are great in the Summer and Fall, too. I haven't had deer problems with iris, periwinkle (aka Vinca minor) groundcover, canna (although Bambita did sample it); forsythia; rock rose, photinia (shrub aka red tip); poppies, especially the native ones but my neighbor has the Oriental kind and the deer leave them alone even in this drought. A friend has creeping phlox with no problem and I haven't seen any problem with verbena. Of course the azalea and other Spring blooming bushes usually are OK. You can always make the disgusting rotten egg spray and apply it every so often. I did find that my resident doe, Bambita, didn't like flags and shied away from any plants near them...our U.S. flag and a garden flag were great for keeping her out of some more tender plants like clematis.
Bonny McDaniel
on May 23, 2015
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Yes, I know nothing is safe with the deer but I love when they are in the yard. I have luck with some plants and learning all I can before I plant more. I am at 3200 ft elevation.
Gra1514850
on May 23, 2015
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I agree with all of the suggestions except for day lilies. Deer eat day lilies like their favorite salad. I spray mine with a deer resistant spray or else they will eat all of them almost down to the ground. We live in Oregon in the Coastal Mountains.
Julie
on May 23, 2015
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