Deer-resistant plants and custom garden enclosures.
Fence your whole yard if you would like to completely keep out deer. Noisy or flapping items might be beneficial to scare deer away as are a few of the sprays out there. Deer can jump high and they are able to jump far, however they can’t jump high and far at precisely the same moment. In the event the deer move in and spoil all of it, well, it goes without saying they have to be stopped. Just like humans, they too can get used to the same tactic that is repeated again and again. They love the same landscapes humans do. Look at using white since it is the whitetail deer’s universal indication for danger!
Deer will eat anything if they’re hungry enough, and they are able to adapt and eat plants that are deemed resistant.
The Deer-Proof Garden
Keep in mind there is no such thing as a deer-proof garden, unless you build a very tall fence. Deer will eat anything if they are hungry enough, and they can adapt and eat plants that are considered “resistant.” However, they do have their favorites, and they’re more attracted to places where their favorite food is easily available.
The idea behind deer-resistant gardening is to fill your yard with plants they don’t prefer, in hopes the deer will simply give up and go someplace more appetizing.
In general, deer prefer:
Plants with lush foliage and high water content, such as hostas
Early spring plants like tulips, crocuses, and forsythia
Fruiting and berry-producing plants, including vegetable gardens
Native plants
Deer are less likely to be attracted to:
Herbs and strongly flavored plants
Heavily scented foliage
Plants with fuzzy or hairy leaves
Prickly plants
Ferns
Grasses
Perennials and Groundcovers
Anise Hyssop
Artemisia
Bleeding Heart
Bugleweed
Catmint
Coneflower
Coreopsis
Daffodil
Epimedium
Forget-Me-Not
Foxglove
Germander
Iris
Lamb’s Ear
Lenten rose
Ligularia
Lungwort
Monkshood
Pachysandra
Potentilla, Cinquefoil
Rock-Cress
Rose Campion
Russian sage
Spurge
Spotted Deadnettle
Tarragon
Thistle
Yarrow
Yucca
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