Deer Resistant Plants
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Chrysanthemum x rubellum ‘Mary Stoker’ Z 4-9
Sprays of large, single warming yellow daisies, blushed with apricot top a bushy mound of light green leaves, Blooms late-summer to late-fall
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Sprays of large, single warming yellow daisies, blushed with apricot top a bushy mound of light green leaves, blooms late-summer to late-fall
Size: 1-2’ x 2-3’ and spreading
Care: Full sun to part shade, tolerates normal, sandy or clay soil
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies and birds. Deer resistant.One of the rubellum hybrids, Hybridized in the 1930’s
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Cleome serrulata Rocky Mountain Beeweed, Spiderflower, Stinkweed Reseeding annual
Dozens of rose to lilac-colored flowers bunch together at the top, seemingly one soft-ball sized flower. Thread-thin stamens protrude above the flowers, each flower bearing six stamens, 72, for example, if the cluster contains a mere dozen individual flowers earning it the nickname spider flower. Blooms for months
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Dozens of rose to lilac-colored flowers bunch together at the top, seemingly one soft-ball sized flower. Thread-thin stamens protrude above the flowers, each flower bearing six stamens, 72, for example, if the cluster contains a mere dozen individual flowers earning it the nickname spider flower. Blooms for months.
Size: 3-5’ x 18”
Care: sun in well-drained to moist-well drained soil
Native: Western Canada east to Minnesota, south to New Mexico & Arizona
Wildlife Value: Pollinator’s delight, numerous bees, butterflies & wasps. Birds eat seeds, Deer resistantAncient, pre-historic plant, Natives including Lakota, Zuni, Tewa, Navajo, and Pueblo Indians found many uses. Some ate shoots, leaves, seeds or flowers, cooked, or raw.Tewa grew this to attract pollinators to pollinate food plants. Medicinally it was used to treat fever, stomach aches and sore eyes. Lakota used this and a shrub to trap bison. Navajo and Pueblo Indians use it for dye.
Meriwether Lewis collected two Cleome serrulata plants on the expedition -August 25, 1804 in South Dakota and two years later on the return trip. -
Comptonia peregrina Sweet Fern Z 2-6 SHRUB
Grown for it’s fern like leaves, this small shrub flowers in spring with insignificant yellow flowers followed by brown nutlets. Foliage is fragrant when crushed.
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Grown for its fern like leaves, this small shrub flowers in spring with insignificant yellow flowers followed by brown nutlets. Foliage is fragrant when crushed.
Size: 2-5’ x 4’ spreading
Care: sun to part shade in moist, well-drained to well-drained soil. Prefers acidic, but will grow in other types of soil as well. Drought and salt tolerant.
Native: Eastern North America, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies, & birds. Larval host plant for many moths, and the Anise Swallowtail butterfly. Deer resistant. Nitrogen fixer.Genus name honors Henry Compton (1632-1713), Bishop of London and patron of botany. Many Native Americans (Algonquin, Cherokee, Chippewa, Delaware, Menominee, Delaware, Potawatomi) used this plant for a wide variety of purposes: crushed leaves inhaled for headache; leaf infusions for round worms, fevers, beverage, blood purifier, blisters, clear mucus from lungs, bladder inflammation, rash from poison ivy, swelling, flux, stomach cramps, itch; fragrant leaves- burned or crushed for incense in ceremony, perfume; decoction for childbirth, tonic and miscellaneous other uses, sprinkle on medicine to poison enemy, prevent blueberries from spoiling, leaves in fire to make smudge to ward off mosquitoes. Oneida made a tea.
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Convallaria majalis Lily of the Valley Z 2-7
Classic - dainty alabaster white bells perfume the air
Classic – dainty alabaster bells perfume the air in spring. Fragrance unmistakeable. Wonderful groundcover under trees.
Can not ship to: Maryland
Size: 9" x Spreading.
Care: part shade to shade in moist to well-drained soil. Drought tolerant
Native: north temperate zones in the world.Cultivated since at least 1000 B.C. The Norse goddess of dawn adopted it as her special flower. One legend claims the plant first appeared on the spot where St. Leonard shed blood while slaying the dragons. 17th century herbalists used Lily of the Valley to improve memory and strengthen the heartbeat. Grown by Jefferson.
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Coreopsis rosea Pink tickseed Z 4-8
Dainty (appearing but actually tough) pink daisies with yellow centers from summer through autumn, very long blooming. Wonderful for rock gardens, groundcover or front of border.
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Dainty (appearing but actually tough) pink daisies with yellow centers from summer through autumn, very long blooming. Wonderful for rock gardens, groundcover or front of border.
Size: 12” x 12” spreading
Care: full sun in well-drained soil. Slow to emerge in spring.
Native: Eastern No. AmericaCoreopsis is Greek meaning “buglike” referring to the seeds looking like little black bugs. Thomas Nuttall 1st collected this flower in 1815 about 20 miles NW of Savannah along the river. He described its native habitat: “in open grassy swamps from New Jersey to Georgia…” William Robinson, father of the mixed perennial border called this “a neat and pretty plant.” In 1913 Sanders wrote that it “make(s) a brilliant display of color (when) grown in masses in sunny borders.”
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Coreopsis verticillata Thread leafed tickseed Z 4-9
All summer into fall, non-stop - yolk yellow daisies
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All summer into fall, free-blooming non-stop – yolk yellow daisies atop wirey stems.
Size: 24" x 18" spreading
Care: Sun to part shade well-drained soil, drought tolerant
Native: S.E. U.S.
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesExported from its native America to England in 1759. Used to dye cloth red.
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Delphinium tricorne Dwarf larkspur, Spring larkspur Z 4-8
Spring ephemeral of blue delphinium elf-cap spikes. Substitute these for tulips, a favorite food of deer and rabbits
OUT OF STOCK – Available to order in Spring only
Spring ephemeral of blue delphinium elf-cap spikes. Substitute these for tulips, a favorite food of deer and rabbits
Size: 18-24” – 6-9”
Care: sun to shade in moist well-drained to moist soil
Native: Pennsylvania to Iowa, south to Alabama and Oklahoma and states in between
Wildlife Value: food for hummingbirds and butterflies; deer & rabbit resistant.Collected by André Michaux c. 1800. Cherokee used this for heart ailments and reported that it makes cows intoxicated and they die. The name tricorne comes from the 3-cornered shape of its seeds, like the shape of colonial hats with brims turned up on three sides. This is breathtakingly beautiful but slow to grow. It is also an ephemeral and dies back after going to seed so mark it or have a good memory where it is so you don’t dig into it planting something else. It comes back in spring.
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Dianthus carthusianorum Clusterhead PinkDianthus carthusianorum Carthusian pink, Clusterhead pink Z 5-9
Deep reddish pink flowers atop wiry stems from June until frost
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Rosy carmine pink flowers atop wiry stems from June until frost
Size: 16" x 8"
Care: sun in moist well-drained soil.
Native: Central and southern Europe
Wildlife Value: attracts hummingbirds. Deer resistant.The common name “pink” is from “pinct” referring to the jagged edge of the petals. The word “pink” referring to the color, came from the fact that most of the Dianthus are pink. This species may have come into gardens with the Carthusian monks in the 1100’s.
