Deer Resistant Plants
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Asarum europaeum syn. Hexastylis europaeum European snakeroot, Wild ginger Z 4-9
Glossy, kidney shaped leaves
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Glossy, leathery, kidney shaped leaves, dark green with lighter veins, with purplish, sepia-toned bell-like flower, hidden by the more ornamental leaves
Size: 4-6” x 12” slow spreader
Care: shade to part shade in moist to moist well-drained acidic soil
Native: Europe
Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Garden Great Plant Pick & England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.According to Dioscorides in Roman times this plant cured ailments of the eyes, ears, stomach, mind and the head. Grown in the Eichstatt Garden, the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop of Eichstatt in Bavaria, c. 1600. Gerard (1633) reported that this Wild ginger prevented increase of hard swelling cankers by topical application. Powdered root mixed with wine cured sciatica, gout, dropsie & ague. The name Asarum comes from Greek phrase “to adorn”, meaning it needs adornment.
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Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed Z 3-9
pink umbels, like an upside down ballerina’s skirt
Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed Z 3-9
Fragrant medium pink umbels, like an upside down ballerina’s skirt, July – September.Size: 3’-4’ x 2-3’
Care: Sun in moist to moist well-drained soil, deer resistant
Native: North America – all states (except along the Pacific coast) & eastern half of Canada, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: host for Monarch caterpillars, flowers are source of nectar for several butterfliesNamed after Asclepias, a Greek god of medicine. Native American groups used Swamp milkweed – Chippewa to increase their strength & the stems made into twine; Iroquois to heal navels in babies, to increase or decrease urine and to make a person strong enough to punish witches; Meskwaki to drive out tapeworms; and Menominee used it as an ingredient in food – added to deer soup & cornmeal mush. Listed as growing in England in Miller’s Gardeners’ Dictionary, 1768. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed, Pleurisy-root Z 4-9
striking orange cymes in July-August
Striking orange cymes in July-August on this American native.
Size: 2-3' x 12"
Care: Sun in moist well-drained to dry soil, Drought tolerant & deer resistant
Native: East and south North America, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: host for Monarch & Gray hairstreak butterfly caterpillars.Omaha Indian’s Shell Society took 4 days to dig, prepare and distribute the root to cure bronchial and pulmonary ailments. Most important medicine for the Menomonie. Iroquois smashed the root on runner’s legs to give them strength. Butterfly weed cured flu and remedied coyote bites for the Iroquios. 1st collected for gardens by Rev. John Banister in colonial Virginia in 1678 He died when he bent over to collect a plant and a gunman mistakenly shot him. Jefferson grew this at Monticello.
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Asclepias verticillata Whorled milkweed Z 4-10 POISON
Fragrant flat-topped clusters of many small white flowers atop single stem surrounded by narrow, grass-like leaves. Blooms July through October.
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Fragrant flat-topped clusters of many small white flowers atop single stem surrounded by narrow, grass-like leaves. Blooms July through October.
Size: 12-30” x 12-24” spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: all US, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: deer & rabbit resistant. Bees & butterflies eat nectar. Host for Monarch caterpillars.
Size: root used to induce sweating for Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek nativesCollected by 1753. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
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Aster oblongifolius syn. Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, Aromatic aster Z 3-8
Purplish blue daisies with yellow center blooming in September to November, Good, bushy mound shape.
Purplish blue daisies with yellow center blooming in September to November, Good, bushy mound shape.
Size: 1-2’ x 1-3’
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Pennsylvania to No. Carolina west to Wyoming & Texas, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Bees collect pollen and nectar from it. Medium sized butterflies collect its nectar. Its leaves support Silvery checkerspot and some moth caterpillars, Deer resistant.Meriwether Lewis collected this on the Expedition September 21, 1804, the day after nearly being swept away while Lewis and the Corps of discovery slept on the eroding sandbar, near the Big Bend of the Missouri River in South Dakota. 1st described by planthunter Thomas Nuttall in 1818.
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Baptisia australis False Indigo Z 3-9
Indigo blue racemes in June followed by ornamental pods
In early summer loose spikes bear big blue blossoms which turn to large black seed pods. Four foot tall foliage resembles a shrub.
Size: 3-5' x 24"
Care: Full sun sandy soil. Drought tolerant
Native: Eastern United States, Wisconsin native.
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies
Awards: Perennial Plant Association Plant of Year 2010As its common name describes, this plant was used as a substitute for indigo dye. Horticultural greats Bailey, Breck and Robinson considered Baptisia handsome. Introduced in 1758.
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Baptisia leucantha White Wild Indigo Z 3-9
Georgeous creamy white spikes of pea-like blooms
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Gorgeous creamy white spikes of pea-like blooms in May & June followed by ornamental pods
Size: 3-5' x 2-3'
Care: full sun to part shade in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant
Native: from Minnesota to Texas, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesFor the HoChunk “(t)he root is a single remedy to use for injured womb alone. Cook the root and mash it to form a poltice to bind on. Wash with water and draw out the inflammation.”
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Brunnera macrophyllum Siberian bugloss Z 3-7
Robin's egg blue forget-me-not- type flowers in May and June, contrasts with bold foliage,
Panicles of robin’s egg blue forget-me-not- type flowers in May and June, contrasts with its bold foliage. One of the best spring flowers.
Size: 18" x 24"
Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Caucasus & SiberiaNamed for Samuel Brunner (1790-1844) Swiss botanist. Collected before 1860.
