Deer Resistant Plants

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• Achillea ptarmica ‘The Pearl’ Sneezewort

  Frilly ivory pearls flower all summer and fall

  

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  Achillea ptarmica var. ‘The Pearl’ Sneezewort, Shirtbuttons  Z 3-9
  Frilly ivory pearls flower all summer and fall on this cottage garden classic.

  Size: 12-36”x 24”
  Care: Full sun, well-drained to moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant
  Native: North temperate regions

  Named “sneezewort” because its flowers reputedly caused sneezing. English brides carried A. ptarmica at their weddings and called the plant “Seven years’ love.” (After that, you could use Lobelia cardinalis to cure the 7 years’ itch.) Cultivated in Europe since the Middle Ages and in America since the 1700’s. The double form ‘The Pearl’ described as “‘The Pearl’ is a pearl indeed,” May 1905, The Garden.

• Achillea tomentosa Woolly yarrow Z 4-8

  Lemony colored flower heads from June to September, wooly foliage

  

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  Achillea tomentosa  Woolly yarrow   Z 4-8
  Lemony colored flower heads from June to September, wonderful, wooly foliage. Good in front of the border or on rock gardens.

  Size: 8” x 12”
  Care: Full sun in moist to dry soil, will rebloom if deadheaded. Drought tolerant & deer resistant
  Native: Southern to Eastern Europe
  Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.

  Grown in English gardener Tradescant the Elder’s garden 1630. “A splendid plant with fern like foliage and rich golden-yellow flower heads.” H.H. Thomas, 1915.

  **LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM.  IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.

• Aconitum fischeri Fischer’s monkshood syn. A. carmichaelii

  Spikes of cobalt blue hooded blooms September – October

  

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  Spikes of cobalt blue hooded blooms September – October       POISON

  Size: 24-36”x 10”
  Care: part shade in moist soil
  Native: No. Japan, E. Russia, Korea, China
  Wildlife Value: Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies.

  The name Aconitum is from the mythical hill Aconitus in Pontica where Hercules fought with Cerberus.  Philip Miller in The Gardener’s Dictionary (1768) wrote that the name Aconitum comes from Greek word for dart “because the Barbarians used to daub their darts therewith.” The Monkshood reputedly sprang from the jaws of Cerberus, the guard dog of the underworld.  In China called “bao ye wo tou.”  Wm. Robinson considered this one of the best monkshoods.  Collected before 1820.

• Actaea pachypoda syn. Actaea alba White baneberry Z 3-8

  Short white spike flowers in June, conspicuous white berries in fall with a black dot on showy crimson stems.

  

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  Actaea pachypoda syn. Actaea alba White baneberry Z 3-8
  Short white spike flowers in June, conspicuous white berries in fall with a black dot on showy crimson stems.

  Size: 36”x 18-24”
  Care: part to full shade in moist well-drained soil
  Native: native to eastern and central No. America; Wisconsin native.
  Wildlife Value: deer resistant
  Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit and Great Plant Pick Award from Elizabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden.

  Actaea is Latin meaning “elder,” the leaves resembling the elder tree. Pachypoda means thick foot referring to the stalk. The common name “baneberry” chosen because the berries are poisonous. The Blackfoot boiled the roots to cure coughs and colds. In the 1800’s, used to cure “reflex uterine headache, rheumatism, congestion in the female especially, debility and gastralgia.” Sent to England before 1768, Philip Miller.