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I have a house at Black Point Beach in Niantic and need help with plants that the deer won't EAT...At the present I have daylilies across the front of the house on the south side and they (deer) are enjoying the Salad Bar. We have sprayed, and currently have fish line going across and somehow they are getting at them. HELP...What can I plant there that they won't eat? Fran
Answer
The first thing you have to do is remove ALL of the daylilies! It's like having
a neon sign in your yard advertising dinner! There are too many deer resistant plants
available to plant daylilies in deer country. Down by the water where you are, some
plants to try would be: Russian Sage-Perovskia, Hyssop- Agastache 'Nectar Raspberry'
or 'Nectar Orange', Yarrow- Achillea, Bugleweed-Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip', Ice Plant-
Delosperma, Butterfly Weed- Asclepias, Asters, Coneflowers, Sea Holly-Eryngium,
Tickseed-Coreopsis, Perennial Geranium, Joe Pye Weed- Eupatorium 'Baby Joe',
Coral Bells- Heuchera, Sneezeweed- Helenium, Pinks-Dianthus, Lavender, Blazing
Star-Liatris, Catmint-Nepeta, Moss Phlox, Black-eyed Susan, Bee Balm, Blue Mist
Shrub-Caryopteris, St. Johnswort-Hypericum 'Baby Lion' or 'Ignite Scarlet Red', etc.
There are lots more to choose from. "Deer-Resistant Landscaping" by Neil Soderstrom
is one of the reference books I use. There are also many deer resistant plant lists online
as well.
For readers that live in other areas, the deer resistant plant choices would be different
than those listed above; if I can be of any assistance, please contact me.
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Linda K. Lillie is the President of Sprigs & Twigs, Inc, the premier
landscape design and maintenance, tree care, lawn care, stonework, and carpentry
service provider in southeastern Connecticut since 1997. She is a graduate of
Connecticut College in Botany, a Connecticut Master Gardener and a national
award winning landscape designer for her landscape design and landscape installation work.
