Deer can be destructive pests in your landscape. Planting a wide variety of plants can go along way to creating a deer resistant garden. The object is to use plants that deer dislike due to texture, taste and smell. Install a wide variety of these type of plants placing them in odd numbered groupings of 3 or more. Repeat these plant groupings throughout your property, this will create a cohesive repetition in your design.
Sustainable landscapes are most often the best deer resistant gardens. Utilizing ornamental grasses, ferns, and succulents you can create a sustainable landscape around your home. The following are plants you can try around the home:
- Maiden Hair Grass
- Karl Forster Grass
- Dwarf Fountain Grass
- Elijah Blue Fescue
- Japanese Painted Fern
- Autumn Fern
- Lady Fern
- Bronze Carpet Stone Crop
- Autumn Joy Sedum