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Deer Resistant Herbs & Flowers Used:
HERBS
Flowering:
Germander Teucrium chamaedrys
Catnip Nepeta cataria (white flowered variety – will not plant again, though it filled in nicely)
Lavender Provence Lavandula x intermedia
Lavender Spanish
Lavender French
Lavender Goodwin Creek
Lavender English
Culinary:
Lemon Verbena
Thyme ‘Lemon’
Thyme ‘Lemon Variegated’ Thymus x citriodorus
Thyme ‘Garden’ Thymus
Sage ‘Berggarten’ Salvia officinalis
Oregano ‘Italian Pizza’ Origanum x majoricum
Rosemary ‘Arp’ Rosmarinus officinalis
Parsley, ‘Italian’ (biennial)
Parsley, ‘Curly’ (biennial)
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
PERENNIALS
Larkspur ‘Diamonds Blue’ Delphinium chinensis
Coneflower ‘PowWow Wild Berry’ Echinacea purpurea
Coneflower ‘PowWow White’ Echinacea purpurea
Coreopsis ‘Early Sunrise'(Tickseed) Coreopsis grandiflora
Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana (low growing ground cover)
Littleleaf Sage ‘Hot Lips’ Salvia microphylla
Littleleaf Sage ‘Amethyst Lips’ Salvia greggii hybrid
Sage ‘Black and Blue’ Salvia guaranitica
Hardy Geranium (Cranesbill) ‘Vision Violet’ Geranium sanguineum
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia (lost tag, but thinking it’s the fulgida sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ variety)
ANNUALS
Zinnias
Alyssum
TREES & SHRUBS
Boxwood ‘Green Gem’ Buxus (small leaves and slow growing to 3-4 feet)
Dwarf Alberta Spruce Picea glauca ‘Conica’
Heavenly Bamboo ‘Lemon Lime’ Nandina domestica (small shrub 3-4 feet)
Crape Myrtle ‘Muskogee’ Lagerstroemia hybrid (20-25 feet tall tree/shrub) – “These sun lovers are tough, easy to grow and quite unpalatable to deer.” Rutgers University has categorized crape myrtles as “Seldom Severely Damaged” by deer.
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