Deer Resistant Plants
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Thalictrum aquilegifolium Meadowrue, Feathered columbine Z 5-9
Strikingly delicate lavender plumes
Strikingly delicate looking lavender plumes on 3′ tall foliage resembling a columbine.
Size: 36" x 18"
Care: Sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe and North Asia
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesIn 1629 Parkinson, apothecary to James I and later, botanist to Charles I, called this “Tufted columbine” a descriptive name, the flowers are tufted and the leaves resemble those of a columbine. Ancient Romans used it to cure ulcers, the plague and “the Faundife.” Romans stuffed children’s’ pillows with the flowers to bring them wealth. Liberty Hyde Bailey described Thalictrum aquilegifolium as: “A good garden plant and frequently planted,”(1913). Cultivated in U.S. since 1700’s.
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Thalictrum dasycarpum Purple meadowrue Z 4-9
Panicles of delicate dangling ivory flowers May to July, purple stems
Panicles of delicate dangling ivory flowers May to July, purple stems.
Size: 4-5’ x 2’
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to moist soil
Native: All North America except Atlantic & Pacific coasts and northern Canada, Wisconsin nativeCollected for gardens by 1842. Used by Native Americans to enliven horses by giving them seeds or rubbing a poltice on their muzzles. (Pawnee & Lakota) Meskwaki, Ponca & Potawatomi used as an aphrodisiac. Potawatomi smoked a mixture of this and tobacco before meeting their woman. HoChunk used it to perfume smoke. For Potawatomi smoking dried seeds brought luck in hunting. Ponca boys made flutes from the hollow stems.
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Thalictrum dioicum Early meadowrue Z 5-9
Chartreuse blooms in spring
Hanging chartreuse blooms dangle from the stems in spring
Size: 30" x 24"
Care: shade to part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant.
Native: Quebec west to No. Dakota, south to Georgia, Wisconsin nativeCherokee made an infusion of the root to cure nausea and diarrhea. Iroquois used it to remedy sore eyes and heart palpitations. The plant also would “make you crazy.” 1st collected by Rev. John Banister who moved to colonial Virginia in 1678. A gunman mistakenly shot and killed him while he collected plants. Thomas Drummond collected this on the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains before 1800.
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Thalictrum flavum syn. T. glaucum Yellow meadrowrue Z 5-9
Fluffy yellow blooms in June atop glaucous foliage
Fluffy yellow blooms in June atop glaucous foliage
Size: 3’ x 18”
Care: Sun to part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe to Russia
Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly
Awards: England’s Royal Horticulture Society Award of Garden Merit. Rated as good by the Chicago Botanic Garden.Grown by Gerard in the 1590’s. Roots used to make a yellow dye.
Thalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.” Recommended by Gertrude Jekyll in 1908 for its “foamy-feathery pale yellow.” -
Thalictrum lucidum Shining meadowrue Z 4-8
creamy, fluffy puffs, smelling of roses, atop glossy, dark green leaves
In midsummer creamy, fluffy puffs, smelling of roses, atop glossy, dark green leaves. Tall, dark & handsome.
Size: 3-6’ x 20”
Care: sun to part shade, moist to moist well drained soil
Native: France & Spain
Awards: Rated as excellent by the Chicago Botanic Garden.Lucidum means “bright, shining.” Collected before 1736.
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Thymus pseudolanuginosus Woolly thyme Z 4-8
miniature, very hairy silver leaves, resembling wool. Lavender flowers in June.
Grown as a groundcover or in rock gardens for its miniature, very hairy silver leaves, resembling wool. Lavender flowers in June.
Size: 1” x 12” spreading slowly
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant
Native: Europe1st mentioned in literature by Phillip Miller of Chelsea Physic Garden, 1771.
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Thymus serpyllum ‘Minus’ syn. T. praecox ‘Minus’ Dwarf thyme Z 5-9
Miniscule gray-green leaves, topped by tiny pink flowers
Miniscule gray-green leaves, topped by tiny pink flowers in midsummer, spreads to form a tight carpet.
Size: 1” x 12” spreads
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
Native: Europe
Wildlife Value: Deer resistant.
Size: Great for rock gardens, groundcover, drought tolerant.Thymus from the Greek word for “odor” due to the plant’s fragrance. Ancient Greeks made incense with thyme. ‘Minus’ described by Parkinson in 1640. He called it Thymus serphyllum vulgare minus.
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Vernonia lettermannii Threadleaf ironweed Z 4-9
Deep purple inch-wide flower heads top unbranched stems forming a dome in late summer-early fall
Deep purple inch-wide flower heads top unbranched stems forming a dome in late summer-early fall
Size: 24” x 36”
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Arkansas and OK
Wildlife Value: attracts numerous butterflies and pollen source for bees, deer resistantCollected on “Cooper’s Creek by Dr. J.M. Bigelow and on the sandbars of the Washita,.” Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts xvi. (1881) 78. 78 1880. “Notes on Some Compositae” The species named to honor George Lettermann (1840-1913) who was primarily interested in trees and, while working for the US Census he collected tree specimens in forests of Missouri, Arkansas, western Louisiana and eastern Texas.
