Deer Resistant Plants

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• Thalictrum dioicum Early meadowrue Z 5-9

  Chartreuse blooms in spring

  

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  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 native

  Cherokee 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.”  1^st 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.

• Thalictrum flavum syn. T. glaucum Yellow meadrowrue Z 5-9

  Fluffy yellow blooms in June atop glaucous foliage

  

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  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

  

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  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.

• 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