Most deer-resistant plants share several traits or characteristics: 1. Aromatic flowers / foliage; 2. thorny, bristly, or hairy (pubescent) leaves or stems; 3. toxic plants. If “deer pressure” (population) is exceptionally high, deer don’t heed plant lists like this one. Available food resources, species of deer, seasonal weather are all factors. Flowers, foliage, fruits, and […]
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Deer Resistant Perennials
Posted by Hugh on August 11th, 2021
Posted in acidic soil, Amsonia (blue star), Artemisia, Aster, Astilbe (false spirea), Attracting Butterflies, Autumn fern (Dryopteris), Baptisia (wild indigo), Barrenwort (Epimedium), Bee Favorite, Bees and other pollinators, Blazing star (Liatris), Bleeding Hearts (Dicentra), Brunnera 'Jack Frost', Bugleweed (Ajuga), Butterfly weed (Asclepias), Calamagrostis, Calamint, Columbine (Aquilegia), Compass Plant (Silphium), Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Coreopsis, Coreopsis 'Gold Standard, Cranesbill (Geranium), Crocosmia (Montbretia), Deciduous, Deer resistant, Disease resistant, Echinops (Globe thistles), Eupatorium 'Gateway', Evening primrose (Oenothera), Filipendula, Flower Arranging, Foxglove (Digitalis), Gaura, Goldenrod (Solidago), Hellebores, Iris (Tall bearded), Landscape ideas, Lavender (Lavandula), Liatris, Ligularias, Liriope, Monarda (Beebalm), mulching, Native Plant, Native Plant, Nepeta (catmint), Ostrich fern (Matteuccia), Pennisetum spp., Penstemon, Peony, Perennials, Pests, Planting tips, Platycodon (Balloon flower), Propagation (Cuttings), Propagation (dividing), Purchasing Plants, Rodgersia, Rosemary, Rosinweed (Silphinum), Rudbeckia 'Herbstonne', Russian sage (Perovskia), Shade Gardening, Southern Appalachian Region, Summer heat tolerant, Tennessee Coneflower, White Wood Aster (Eurybia) 
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Posted by Hugh on October 1st, 2020
Cleaning up vegetable and flower beds requires some thought. Most gardeners desire to get a start on next spring’s clean up in the fall. They may rototill garden beds in fall, particularly if soils are too moist to work in early spring. Turning the soil also kills lots of weeds, including winter weeds which have […]
Posted in acidic soil, Annuals, applying sulfur, Attracting birds, Bees and other pollinators, Bulb Crops, Canna lily, Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Disease resistant, Drought tolerant, Fall Garden Interest, Fertilizing plants, Flowers, Globe amaranth (Gomphrena), Landscape ideas, Lavender (Lavandula), mulching, Native Plant, Purchasing Plants, Rosemary, Rudbeckia 'Herbstonne', Soil Conservation, Soil pH, Soil Testing, Southern Appalachian Region, Spring flowering, Summer flowering, Tennessee Coneflower, Weeds, Weeds, Wildflowers, Wildlife attractant, winter hardiness, Zinnia Comments Off on Fall Clean Up Of Garden BedsPerennial Favorites For The Summer Garden
Posted by Hugh on July 8th, 2019
If someone was to create the Garden Performance Hall of Fame for summer flowering perennials, I would nominate this list of ten (10). I have had experience growing many of them in my Northeast Tennessee garden (USDA hardiness zone 6-b). In a few instances, I have selected a variety that grows in friends’ or a […]
Posted in acidic soil, Attracting birds, Bee Favorite, Bees and other pollinators, Beneficial insects, Black eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), Butterflies, compost, Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Coreopsis, Coreopsis 'Gold Standard, Daylilies, deadheading, Deer resistant, Disease resistant, Drought tolerant, Fertilizing plants, Flower Arranging, Heuchera (coralbells), Hummingbird, Landscape ideas, mulching, Native Plant, Perennials, Phlox, Planting tips, Propagation (Cuttings), Pruning, Purchasing Plants, Re-Bloomers, Russian sage (Perovskia), Sage (Salvia), Sedum (Shrub type), Soil drainage, Southern Appalachian Region, Stonecrop sedums, Summer flowering, Summer heat tolerant, Summer phlox (P. paniculata), Tennessee Coneflower, watering tips Comments Off on Perennial Favorites For The Summer GardenLong Blooming Tennessee Coneflower
Posted by Hugh on July 27th, 2015
Dependable Tennessee coneflowers (Echinacea tennesseensis) bloom almost all summer (USDA hardiness zones 4-8). That’s three months long. Plants are covered with pale pink, flat ray flowers; blooms measure 2 to 3 inch across with greenish-brown centers or cones. It is a great addition to hot dry sites, […]
Posted in acidic soil, Attracting birds, Attracting Butterflies, Bee Favorite, Butterflies, Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Container growing, deadheading, Disease resistant, Drought tolerant, Fertilizing plants, Native Plant, Perennials, Planting tips, Propagation (dividing), Propagation (Seed), Soil drainage, Southern Appalachian Region, Staking, Summer flowering, Summer heat tolerant, Tennessee Coneflower, watering tips, Wildflowers, winter hardiness Comments Off on Long Blooming Tennessee Coneflower
