| From the pages of Fine Gardening Magazine John Van Etten's Top 15 Deer-Resistant Plants Do your deer leap your fences and laugh at sprayed repellent? Try planting something they don't like. John Van Etten, former grounds superintendent at the Mohonk Mountain House in upstate New York, recommends 15 plants that deer won't eat; your experience, of course, may differ. For a list of deer-resistant plants in your area, contact your local extension agent. You can find an agent near you at www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html Perennials and annuals 1. Angelonias (Angelonia angustifolia cvs.), annual 2. Basket of gold (Aurinia saxatilis), Zones 4-8 3. Bleeding hearts (Dicentra spectabilis), Z3-9 4. Globe amaranth (Gomphrena globosa), annual
6. Lantanas (Lantana spp. and cvs.), annual 7. Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis), Z2-7 8. Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia), Z6-9 9. Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus cvs.) annual 10. Spider flowers (Cleome hassleriana cvs.) annual Trees and shrubs 11. Beautybush (Kolkwitzia amabilis), Z5-9 12. Chaste trees (Vitex spp. and cvs.), Z6-9 13. Daphnes (Daphne X burkwoodii cvs), Z5-8 14. Shadbushes (Amelanchier spp. And cvs.), Z4-9 15. Spireas (Spiraea spp. and cvs.), Z4-9
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