Deer Resistant Plants

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  • Papaver rupifragum Spanish poppy Z 5-9

    Small crinkled, crepe-paper like apricot petals all summer & fall except for a recess in the heat of July.  If you let them go to seed they will make more plants and you’ll be glad for it.

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    Small crinkled, crepe-paper like apricot petals all summer & fall except for a recess in the heat of July.  If you let them go to seed they will make more plants and you’ll be glad for it.

    Size: 12-18" x 8"
    Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant, drought tolerant
    Native: Spain, Asia Minor & Caucasus

    First described in Journal of Botany in 1873. Louise Beebe Wilder considered this among her favorite perennials. (1918). One of our favorites too! Gertrude Jekyll, mother of the mixed perennial border planted this for its “rich apricot color.” (1908).

  • Pennisetum orientale Oriental fountain grass Z 5-10

    Showy, white to pinkish inflorescences summer thru fall.

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    Showy, white to pinkish inflorescences summer thru fall.  Richard Darke, grass guru, describes this as “One of the most striking hardy fountain grasses.  Low growing, compact and exceptionally floriferous … Blooms over an unusually long period from late June through October”

    Size: 2' x 2'
    Care: sun in well-drained soil or moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant and drought tolerant.
    Native: central & SW Asia
    Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant Picks

    The plant is named for its soft inflorescences; Latin penna and seta mean feather-bristle. This species collected before 1821.

  • Penstemon ovatus Beardtongue Z 4-9

    Cornflower blue trumpets encircle spike in June, one of our favorites.

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    Cornflower blue trumpets encircle spike in June, one of our favorites.

    Size: 2’ x 8”
    Care: Full sun in well-drained soil
    Native: Pacific Northwest
    Wildlife Value: attracts Baltimore butterfly, bees, bumblebees, flies, wasps and hummingbirds.

    Penstemon is named for its five stamens, penta meaning five in Greek. Penstemons.  Ovatus means oval, shaped like an egg, with the narrower end up, referring to the foliage.  This species first collected by Scottish plant hunter David Douglas (1799-1834) and introduced in 1826.

  • Phlomis tuberosa syn. Phlomoides tuberosa Jerusalem sage Z 5-8

    Whorls of bubblegum pink, beak-shaped flowers encircle stem, ladder-like, in July. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)

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    Whorls of bubblegum pink, beak-shaped flowers encircle stem, ladder-like, in July. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)

    Size: 4' x 12"
    Care: Sun well-drained soil
    Native: central and S.E. Europe to central Asia.
    Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies, deer resistant.
    Awards: Chicago Botanic Garden rates this 4-stars for health, robust growth, hardiness and flower production.

    In garden of English plant enthusiast Peter Collinson, 1736. The name Phlomis is Greek meaning “to burn” “because in old time the peasants used to burn these plants to enlighten their chambers.” Gardeners Dictionary, 1768.  This species 1st collected in Siberia in 1759.

  • Phlox paniculata Garden phlox Z 4-8

    Many small, tube-shaped flowers opening to five flat petals join together in a dome-shaped, fragrant, magenta 6-8” cluster at the end of each branch, blooming from July to September.  The classic farm garden flower. Deadhead for rebloom.

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    Many small, tube-shaped flowers opening to five flat petals join together in a dome-shaped, fragrant, magenta 6-8” cluster at the end of each branch, blooming from July to September.  The classic farm garden flower. Deadhead for rebloom.

    Size: 4' x 2' spreader and self-seeder
    Care: full sun to part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Pennsylvania west to Arkansas and Missouri. South to Alabama.
    Wildlife Value: Silvery checkerspot, European cabbage, and Blue, Black & Spicebush swallowtails butterflies relish Phlox’s nectar. Deer and Walnut resistant.

    Phlox is Greek meaning flame.  One of the 1st plants collected in No. America – grown in Tradescant the Elder’s South Lambeth (now a borough of South London) nursery in 1634. Offered for sale in Bartram Garden’s 1783 Broadside, America’s 1st plant catalog.

  • Polemonium reptans Greek valerian, Jacobs ladder Z 3-8

    Opposite leaves grow up the foot-tall stems forming a ladder to the tops where sprays of five-petaled lavender-blue bells with bright yellow stamens, bloom in spring. Repeats if deadheaded and may self-sow if not cut back.

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    Opposite leaves grow up the foot-tall stems forming a ladder to the tops where sprays of five-petaled lavender-blue bells with bright yellow stamens, bloom in spring. Repeats if deadheaded and may self-sow if not cut back.

    Size: 8-12” x 10”
    Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Ontario & Quebec to Alabama, west to MN & KS, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: attracts bees, butterflies and wasps. Tolerates walnut, resists deer.

    Polemonium is Greek meaning “to wage war,” “on account of the contests, which arose betwixt two princes, each assuming the honour of the discovery of it to himself.” Gardeners Dictionary, 1768.  Meskwaki made a compound of roots of this plant as a physic and urinary problem remedy.  Collected for gardens before 1750.

  • Primula elatior Oxlip Z 4-9

    Nodding trumpets of soft yellow flowers with a dark yellow center  atop upright stems

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    Nodding trumpets of soft yellow flowers with a dark yellow center atop upright stems

    Size: 10” x 10”
    Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Europe
    Wildlife Value: Deer and rabbit resistant. Attracts bees, butterflies, some moths and hummingbirds.
    Awards: Plant Select® Central Rocky Mountain region; Royal Botanical Society Award of Garden Merit

    Primula is from Italian “primavera” meaning first spring.  Elatior means “tall”, all things being relative it’s taller than some Primulas but not very tall.  In gardens since at least 1765. According to Philip Miller, Gardener’s Dictionary 1768, “they are much used in medicine.” Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.

  • Primula x bulleesiana Candelabra primrose Z 4-7

    From clustered stems, each bearing a whorl of 3-6 flowers encircling each leafless  stem alternating  with a bare section of leafless stem, then another whorl of flowers, then another section of bare stem, in tiers, like a  ballerina’s tutu with bare midriff between. Each whorl blooms in succession from the bottom up. This blooms June – July in a rainbow of colors - red, orange, rose, cream, lavender and purple.

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    From clustered stems, each bearing a whorl of 3-6 flowers encircling each leafless  stem alternating  with a bare section of leafless stem, then another whorl of flowers, then another section of bare stem, in tiers, like a  ballerina’s tutu with bare midriff between. Each whorl blooms in succession from the bottom up. This blooms June – July in a rainbow of colors – red, orange, rose, cream, lavender and purple.

    Size: 18-24” x 12-18”
    Care: Sun to part shade in moist to well-drained soil
    Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies. Deer resistant
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit 1993

    Hybrid cross between Primula bulleyana and Primula beesiana (both parents are native to the Himalayas and China).
    Collected in China, introduced to Britain in 1906