Bushes Deer Don T Eat

Stocking your garden with shrubs perennials and other plants deer only eat when nothing else is available provides some protection. In general shrub roses are good plants where deer are a problem due to their thorny stems that deer don t like to eat.

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Bushes deer don t eat

Strangely enough they don t mind the thorns on rose bushes and will happily munch them to the ground. They do not eat daffodils but love day lilies leaves and all and tulips. Deer can be a little lazy about digging up root vegetables but this doesn t mean they won t eat their aerial foliage.

Deer do not care for the milky sap and neither do squirrels or rabbits. Video of the day volume 0. When preferred types of food are in short supply deer will and do eat almost any kind of garden plant and shrub.

Plants that deer do not like to eat usually bear in mind that the first rule of deer proofing is that there are really no plants that are completely deer proof. Peonies also have a strong scent which are another deterrent to deer. In general deer tend to avoid strongly scented plants like herbs plants with thick or leathery leaves such as yucca and thorny plants such as holly and thistle.

I fence a lot of my shrubs to protect them. The good news is that there are plants that deer will only eat as a last resort. The name deer resistant doesn t guarantee that deer won t eat them but they will usually give them a wide berth when other choices are present.

Candy oh is a favored variety known for its fragrance and vibrant coloring. It produces beautiful blooms for most of the summer and will attract many pollinators to your garden. Salvia or sage plants include a range of species most of which are considered deer resistant for the same reason that deer do not eat catmint and bee balm.

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