This title is somewhat misleading. Deer will eat or sample (nibble) on any landscape plant, particularly if they are hungry enough. Deer also do not read lists of plants they’re suppose to leave alone. The following list of deer resistant plants is a sampling from reports across the U.S. It does not include every tree […]
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Popular Landscape Trees Deer Don’t Like
Posted by Hugh on October 15th, 2013
Posted in Bald cypress (Taxodium), Boxwood (Buxus), Chamaecyparis, Chinese (kousa) dogwood, Contorted filbert (Corylus), Cryptomeria (Japanese cedar), Dawn redwood (Metasequoia), European beech (F. sylvatica), Fringetree (Chionanthus), Golden Raintree, Green ash (Fraxinus), Hawthorn (Crataegus), Hophornbeam (Ostrya), Hornbeam (Carpinus), Ilex (hollies), Juniper, Katsura tree (Cercidophyllum), Magnolia grandiflora, Maples (Acer), Native Plant, Pine (Pinus spp.), Serbian spruce, Silverbell (Halesia), Southern Appalachian Region, Spruces (Picea spp.), Trees & Shrubs 
Comments Off on Popular Landscape Trees Deer Don’t LikeFloral Fragrance Of Native Fringetree Fills The Spring Air
Posted by Hugh on May 10th, 2013
Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) is treasured for its billowy masses of fragrant white flowers in the spring. It commonly grows as a large 15-20 foot tall shrub, but can be easily trained into a 20-25 foot multi-stemmed small tree. Most gardeners call this native “fringe tree” or fringetree. Regionally, it goes by a number of colloquial […]
Posted in acidic soil, Autumn Fruiting, Bee Favorite, Disease resistant, Disease resistant, Drought tolerant, Fringetree (Chionanthus), Native Plant, Southern Appalachian Region, Spring flowering, Summer heat tolerant, Trees & Shrubs, winter hardiness Comments Off on Floral Fragrance Of Native Fringetree Fills The Spring Air
