Comments on: What is a good flowering plant that the deer will not eat? http://deerly-departed.com/what-is-a-good-flowering-plant-that-the-deer-will-not-eat Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:57:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Reader http://deerly-departed.com/what-is-a-good-flowering-plant-that-the-deer-will-not-eat/comment-page-1#comment-634 Reader Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:41:52 +0000 http://deerly-departed.com/?p=278#comment-634 I've heard Day Lilies are good at deterring deer. I've heard of people using garlic, too. What I've learned, also, is that deer don't like smelly plants(i.e. the various mints, etc.), and they really don't like the hairy plants (i.e. Lamb's Ear, for one). These are ones that they won't eat, so I keep them around the edges of my garden. I've also heard of using human hair, like the hair on the floor after you get your hair cut. Spread it around your garden. It smells of humans, so they avoid it. It seems to have worked in my garden. I’ve heard Day Lilies are good at deterring deer. I’ve heard of people using garlic, too. What I’ve learned, also, is that deer don’t like smelly plants(i.e. the various mints, etc.), and they really don’t like the hairy plants (i.e. Lamb’s Ear, for one). These are ones that they won’t eat, so I keep them around the edges of my garden. I’ve also heard of using human hair, like the hair on the floor after you get your hair cut. Spread it around your garden. It smells of humans, so they avoid it. It seems to have worked in my garden.

]]> By: Bobby H http://deerly-departed.com/what-is-a-good-flowering-plant-that-the-deer-will-not-eat/comment-page-1#comment-632 Bobby H Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:19:33 +0000 http://deerly-departed.com/?p=278#comment-632 There are very few things that deer won't eat when desperate for food. The only truly bullet proof flowering plant is the Dahlia. Occasionally however, bucks will do a Don Quixote fighting windmill imitation and annihilate the plant with their newly grown. The good news is Dahlias are spectacular and bloom til frost. I've seen deer eat onions, leeks, tomato plants drenched with hot pepper spray, rudbeckia, echinacea and countless other plants reputed to be deer safe. There are very few things that deer won’t eat when desperate for food. The only truly bullet proof flowering plant is the Dahlia. Occasionally however, bucks will do a Don Quixote fighting windmill imitation and annihilate the plant with their newly grown. The good news is Dahlias are spectacular and bloom til frost.

I’ve seen deer eat onions, leeks, tomato plants drenched with hot pepper spray, rudbeckia, echinacea and countless other plants reputed to be deer safe.

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