Deer Resistant Plants
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Andropogon scoparium Little bluestem Z 5-9
Blue gray foliage turns plum orange in fall
Andropogon scoparium Little bluestem Z 5-9
Blue gray foliage turns plum orange in fall with wispy, feather-like seed headsSize: 18" x 12"
Care: full sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Native: all No. America, Wisconsin nativeDiscovered by French plant hunter André Michaux (1746-1802) in America’s prairies. Comanche used it to relieve syphilitic sores. Lakota made soft wispy seed heads into liners for moccasins.
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Anemone cylindrica Thimbleweed PERENNIAL Z 4-7
Pristine pure white petal-like sepals frame many golden anthers in June. Erect cylinders persist summer and fall.
Pristine pure white petal-like sepals frame many golden anthers in June. Erect cylinders persist summer and fall.
Size: 2’ x 12”
Care: full sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil.
Native: on the east – Maine to Delaware & west – British Columbia to Arizona. WI nativeHoChunk put masticated fuzz from the seeds on boils or carbuncles, opening them after a day. Collected from the wild before 1880’s. Plant emits allelopathogin that inhibits seed germination of other plants. Leaves, if eaten, cause mouth irritation, so that critters (rabbits & deer) leave it alone. The name Anemone is Greek for the wind, “so called, because the flower is supposed not to open, except the wind blows.” The Gardeners’ Dictionary, 1768.
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Anemone sylvestris Snowdrop anemone/Wind flower Z 4-9
snowy white blossoms with pineapple colored stamens
Anemone sylvestris Snowdrop anemone, Wind flower Z 4-9
In late spring and early summer snowy white blossoms with pineapple colored stamens emerge from pearl shaped budsSize: 12-20" x 12-20" spreading
Care: Sun to part shade, moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe and CaucasusIn gardens since before 1753. Grown by Jefferson at Monticello.
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Anemone vitifolia ‘Robustissima’ Z 4-8
Pearl-like buds open to single, ballerina- pink umbels in late summer and fall
Anemone vitifolia ‘Robustissima’ Z 4-8
Pearl-like buds open to single, ballerina- pink umbels in late summer and early fall.Size: 30"x 36" spreader
Care: Sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: early cultivated variety of A. vitifolia native to Nepal.The word Anemone is Sanskrit meaning “he breathes.” The Roman, Pliny wrote that the Anemone only opens with the wind. In Greek mythology Anemos, the Wind, used another species of Anemone to herald his coming in early spring. A. vitifolia first introduced from its native Nepal to European garden cultivation by Lady Amhurst in 1829.
