Deer Resistant Plants
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Kniphofia triangularis Dwarf Red hot poker Z 5-8
From early to late summer, with dead-heading, vivid coral spikes, like a torch .
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In late summer and fall vivid coral spikes, like a torch.
Size: 2’ x 12-18”
Care: sun in moist to well-drained soil, Drought tolerant once established
Native: mountain grassland & moist areas in the Eastern Cape to the Northern province of South Africa.
Wildlife Value: resistant to deer & rabbits, feeds hummingbirds, bees and butterflies1st described in 1854 in Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum: Secumdum familias naturales v. 4 p. 551..
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Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’ Z 5-9
Very fragrant, compact form of Lavender
June and rebloom in late summer, very fragrant lavender spikes
Size: 12-18” x 12-18”
Care: Sun, well drained moderately fertile soil
Native: Selection of Western Mediterranean nativeThis selection introduced to gardens in 1916. Name is Latin from “lavare” meaning to wash because Romans used lavender to scent their baths. Ancient Phoenicians used lavender to make perfume. Cultivated in Islamic gardens by 1050 A.D. Queen Elizabeth, I ate lavender conserve, made by adding sugar to the flowers while Charles VI of France stuffed pillows with lavender and sat on them. Culpepper, a 16th century English herbalist, wrote that lavender grew in almost every garden and cured headache, apoplexy, dropsy, fainting, toothaches, and “passions of the heart.” Jefferson grew it with herbs at his farm, 1794.
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Liatris pycnostachya Prairie blazing star Z 3-9
Tall, erect, purplish- pink spike in August-September
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Tall, erect, purplish- pink spike in August-September
Size: 4’ x 1-2’
Care: well-drained soil in full sun
Native: central & SE US
Wildlife Value: deer resistant, attracts birds,& butterflies.Collected by French planthunter Andre Michaux in 1795 on the prairies of Illinois.
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Liatris spicata Blazing star, Gayfeather, Button snakeroot Z 3-8
Rosy purple spikes in July and August, a flower arranger’s dream
Rosy purple spikes in July and August, a flower arranger’s dream
Size: 2-3' x 18"
Care: Full sun in moist to well-drained soil.
Native: Eastern and southern U. S., Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: favorite nectar source for Buckeye butterflies & host for caterpillars of Painted lady, Fritillaries, Skippers, Sulphurs, Coppers & Checkerspot butterflies.Native Americans used roots medicinally for backaches, colic, dropsy and to strengthen a weak heart. The Dakota recognized this as an indication “when the flower is blue-red that corn is good to eat.” Nicollet Diary, August 13, 1838. The dried root reputedly repelled moths from stored clothes. First collected by English naturalist Mark Catesby and cultivated since 1732. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.
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Ligularia przewalskii syn. Senecio przewalskii Leopard plant Z 4-8
Bold, deeply palmate lobed foliage, deep yellow spike in late summer
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Bold, deeply palmate lobed foliage, deep yellow spike in late summer
Size: 5-6' x 24-36"
Care: full to part shade in moist soil.
Native: Northern ChinaNamed for Nikolai Przewalski (1839-1888), Polish geographer and naturalist who explored Central Asia on behalf of Russia. First described in Bulletin de l’Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St-Petersburg, sér. 3 26(3): 493. 1880.
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Limonium latifolium syn. Limonium platyphyllum Sea lavender, Statice latifolia Z 2-8
Airy lavender blue panicles from mid to late summer. Leathery foliage turns reddish in fall.
Airy lavender blue panicles from mid to late summer. Leathery foliage turns reddish in fall.
Size: 24-30” x 24”
Care: Full sun in well-drained soil
Native: Russia, Bulgaria & Romania
Wildlife Value: Deer resistant. Attracts bees and butterflies.Limonium is Greek meaning “meadow” and latifolium means “wide leaf”. This was identified by Dioscorides in DeMaterica Medica for medicinal use around 70 A.D. Cultivated in gardens since 1700’s. Formerly used to repel moths and cure canker sores.
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Limonium minutum Dwarf statice Z 5-9
All summer long, droves of lavender blossoms above a mini pillow of spoon-shaped, glossy foliage.
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All summer long, droves of lavender blossoms above a mini pillow of spoon-shaped, glossy foliage.
Size: 6-8” x 6-8”
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: southeast France on limestone seacliffs
Wildlife Value: deer resistant, salt tolerantDescribed by Linnaeus, 1753. The name Limoniuim comes from the Greek word for meadow.
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Lobelia siphilitica ‘Alba’ z 4-8
Striking, erect spike of pure ivory blossoms opening from bottom up. On top club-shaped buds, below trumpet-shapes made of a tube flaring open at the ends with the top of the flare looking like a quarter moon with the circle at the bottom and the lower divided into three, each segment pointed at the ends. Its fresh white blooms stand out in late summer to early fall.
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Striking, erect spike of pure ivory blossoms opening from bottom up. On top club-shaped buds, below trumpet-shapes made of a tube flaring open at the ends with the top of the flare looking like a quarter moon with the circle at the bottom and the lower divided into three, each segment pointed at the ends. Its fresh white blooms stand out in late summer to early fall.
Size: 2-3’ x 1-2’
Care: sun to part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil
Wildlife Value: Deer resistant, attracts bees, hummingbirds and some butterflies.This white one is “An albino of occasional occurrence.” Britton, Nathaniel Lord “On the Naming of ‘Forms,’ in the New Jersey Catalogue” Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 17: 121,125. 1890. This may, therefore, be native in the same locations as the blue species or it may not.
