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Deer Control

Deer are becoming an increasingly severe nuisance for gardeners in several areas. The damage that they cause to ornamental plants from their browsing can be substantial-ranging from light pruning on tender shoots to heavy feeding of evergreen hedges, destroying their shape.
Deer are very adaptable creatures and, although they have their favourite plants, they will feed on almost any plant, especially during snowy winters when natural vegetation is covered. Several methods can be tried to minimize damage to the home garden in areas where deer are prevalent

REPELLENTS

Repellents can be effective, but usually for short periods of time. Multiple applications are often necessary, depending on how much rain falls and how hungry the deer are. Commercial repellents such as Thiram are available. Home-made repellents can also be effective-bars of soap hung in branches, human hair, dried blood (Blood Meal) and hot sauces are among the more popular methods which have been tried.
Homeowners often come up with ideas that are unique to their situations. Motion-sensing scare devices will sometimes work. Deer will adapt to almost any situation short of a fence, so it’s best to try different ideas to keep them off their guard.


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DEER-RESISTANT PLANTS


The following plants are rarely damaged by deer- Trees Amelanchier Saskatoon Berry Betula - Birch Chamaecyparis Cypress Picea pungens Colorado Spruce Pinus sylvestris - Scotch Pine Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Shrubs and Climbers Arctostaphylos Bearberry Berberis - Barberry Buxus - Boxwood Caryopteris - Blue Mist Spirea Celastrus - American Bittersweet Cornus - Dogwood Eleagnus angustifolia -Russian Olive Hibiscus syriacus - Rose of Sharon Ligustrum vulgare - Common Privet Pieris japonica - Lily of the Valley Shrub Sambucus - Elder Annuals, Perennials and Bulbs Achillea - Yarrow Aconitum - Monkshood Ageratum Allium - Flowering Onions Anemone Aquilegia - Columbine Aurinia - Perennial alyssum Antirrhinum - Snapdragons Arabis - Rock Cress Aubretia - Rock Cress Bergenia Colchicum - Fall Crocus Convallaria - Lily of the Valley Coreopsis verticillata - Threadleaf Coreopsis Cyclamen hederifolium - Hardy Cyclamen Dicentra - Bleeding Heart Digitalis - Foxglove Echinacea - Coneflower Epimedium - Barrenwort Eurphorbia - Spurge Fritillaria - Crown Imperial Lily Galium - Sweet Woodruff Hemerocallis - Daylily Hesperis - Dameís Rocket Hyacinth Lamium - Deadnettle Lavendula - Lavender Linaria - Toadflax Lobularia - Sweet Alyssum Lychnis - Campion Narcissus - Daffodil Nicotiana - Flowering Tobacco Pachysandra - Japanese Spurge Papaver orientale - Oriental Poppy Pelargonium - Geranium Perovskia - Russian Sage Ranunculus - Buttercup Rheum - Rhubarb Rudbeckia - Gloriosa Daisy Salvia - Sage Stachys - Lamb's Ears Tagetes - Marigold Thymus - Thyme Tropaeolum majus - Nasturtium Yucca

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