Deer Resistant Plants
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Thermopsis caroliniana syn. Thermopsis villosa Carolina lupine Z 4-9
Dense spikes of buttery yellow in June, resembling Baptisia or Lupin with clover like foliage.
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Dense spikes of buttery yellow in June, resembling Baptisia or Lupin with clover like foliage.
Size: 4’ x 2’
Care: Sun in well-drained soil. Drought & Heat tolerant.
Native: forest openings in the Appalachians
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees & butterflies, Deer & rabbit resistant.Collected before 1843
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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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Veronica prostrata syn. V. rupestris Sprawling speedwell, Harebell speedwelll Z 4-8
From midspring to midsummer short blue spikes above prostrate foliage.
From midspring to midsummer short blue spikes above prostrate foliage.
Size: 6” x 18”spreads
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil.
Native: Europe
Wildlife Value: Deer and rabbit resistant.
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.In gardens since at least 1762 (Linnaeus). Bloomed for 4 or more months in rock garden at Edinburgh Botanic Garden (The Garden, Jan. 1876.)
