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Deer Resistant Plants
Top Ten Deer Resistant Perennials
1. Bleeding Heart
2. Lavender
3. Lilly of the Valley
4. Russian Sage
5. Perennial Sage
6. Perennial Geranium
7. Catmint
8. Lenten Rose
9. Forget me Not
10. Bee Balm
Top Ten Deer Resistant Trees and Shrubs
1. Buddleia
2. Boxwood
3. Spiraea
4. Juniper
5. Contoneaster
6. Serviceberry
7. Flowering Dogwood
8. Magnolia
9. Mugo Pine
10. False Cypress
Perennials
Achillea
Aconitum
Agropyron
Ajuga
Alchemilla
Allium
Amsonia
Angelica
Aquilegia
Artemisia
Aruncus
Asclepias
Aster
Astilbe
Baptisia
Bergenia
Boltonia
Buddleia
Calamagrostis
Calluna
Campanula
Carex
Certostigma
Chasmanthium
Chelone
Chrysanthemum
Cimifuga race.
Coreopsis
Dianthus
Dicentra ex.
Dictamnus
Digitalis
Echinacea pur.
Echinops
Epimedium
Eryngium
Eupatorium
Euphorbia
Festuca
Filipendula
Geranium
Geum
Goniolimon
Gypsophila pan.
Hakonechloa
Helictotrichon
Helleborus
Heuchera
Iberis semp.
Imperata
Iris
Lamium
Lavendula
Liatris
Lilium
Linaria
Miscanthus
Molinia
Monarda
Myosotis
Nepeta
Oenothera
Origanam
Osmunda
Paeonia
Panicum
Papaver orien.
Pennisetum
Penstemon
Perovskia
Platycodon
Polemonium
Polystichum
Primula
Pulmonaria
Ranunculus
Rodgersia
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Saponaria
Sedum
Sesleria
Solidago
Stachys by.
Tanacetum
Thalictrum
Thymus
Tiarella
Tricyrtis
Verbascum
Veronica
Viola
Nursery
Acer neg.
Acer palm.
Amelanchier
Aralia elatum
Buddleia
Buxus spp.
Celastrus
Cornus spp.
Cprylus avel.
Continus cogg.
Cotoneaster spp.
Crastaegus spp.
Daphne spp.
Elaeagnus ang.
Forsythia
Fraxinus
Ilex x meservaea
Juniperus
Kalmia lat.
Kerria jap.
Kolkwitzia ama.
Lonicera per.
Magnolia spp.
Mahonia aquif.
Picea spp.
Pieris jap.
Pinus spp.
Populua nigra
Potentilla frut.
Ribes alpinum
Rhus armomatica
Robinia pseud.
Sambucus
Spiraea spp.
Syringa
Viburnum
Black Walnut Resistant Plants
Black walnut (Juglans nigra) is a large tree know for its beautiful wood for building qualityfurnature. Unfortunately it poses a problem for many garden plants when it exists on one’sproperty. Black walnut emits a substance from its roots called Juglone. This acid makes itdifficult for many nieghbouring plants to grow. Below is a list of plants that are resistant toJuglone.
Perennials
Nursery
Ajuga
Allium
Alcea
Anemone
Arisaema
Asarum
Astilbe
Aster
Asclepias
Campanula
Carex
Chrysanthemum
Chelone
Dicentra
Dryopteris
Epimedium
Eupatorium
Festuca
Galium odor.
Geranium
Helianthus
Helleborus
Hemerocallis
Heuchera
Hosta
Iris
Leucanthemum
Lobelia
Matteuccia
Monarda
Myostis
Oenothera
Onoclea
Osumunda
Pachysandra
Phlox
Primula
Podophyllum
Polemonium
Polygonatum
Polystichum
Pulmonaria
Primula
Rudbeckia
Sanguinaria
Sedum
Stachys
Thalictrum
Trandescantia
Trillium
Uvalaria
Veronica
Vola
Vinca
Acer
Aesculus
Betula
Berberis
Carya
Catalpa
Carpinus
Celtis
Cercis can.
Chionathus vir.
Cornus florida
Daphne
Euonymus alat.
Fagus
Forsythia
Gleditsia
Hamamelis
Hibiscus
Hypericum
Juniperus
Kolkwitzia
Morus
Partheoncissus
Philadelphus
Physocarpus
Picea ab.
Platanus
Pyrus
Quercus
Ulmus
Rhododendron
Robinia
Rubus occ.
Salix
Sambucus
Syringa
Tsuga can.
Ulmus
Viburnum
Annuals
Bulbs
Vines
Vegetables
Begonia
Viola
Impatiens
Ipomoea
Calendula
Zinnia
Chinodoxa
Crocus
Endymion
Eranthis
Galanthus
Hyacinthus
Narcissus
Tulipa
Arstolochia
Celatrus
Clematis
Convolvulus
Ipomoea
Lonicera
Vitis
Beans
Beets
Carrots
Melons
Onions
Parsnips
Squash
Attracting Butterflies
Butterflies like two kinds of flowers most, clusters of nectar filled tubular blossoms, and largeflat blossoms that provide them with landing pads. Purple, red, orange and yellow attract themost species, whereas blue and white flowers are less popular. Colour preferences can varyfrom species to species, so you should plant the entire colour palette. Especially valuable forbutterflies are early blooming flowers that are still in bloom after the first frost. Although sunloving flowers do the most good for butterflies, you should provide some woodland flowersas they tend to bloom early. A successful butterfly habitat provides food and shelter for bothadults, juvenile, or larval stages. Shallow water or stones in a bird bath will provide a watersource.
Perennials
Acanthus
Achillea
Aconitum
Agastache
Alcea
Allium
Amsonia
Aquilegia
Arabis
Armeria
Asclepias
Aster
Astilbe
Astrantia
Aubrieta
Bergenia
Boltonia
Buddleia
Calamintha
Campanula
Caryopteris
Catanache
Centaurea
Ceratostigma
Chelone
Chrysanthemum
Coreopsis
Delosperma
Delphinium
Dianthus
Dictamnus albus.
Echinacea
Echinops
Eryngium
Euphorbia
Eupatorium
Flipendula
Gaillardia
Gaura
Helenium
Heliopsis
Hemerocallis
Heuchera
Hibiscus
Hosta
Hypericum
Iberis
Iris
Lamium
Lavandula
Liatris
Ligularia
Lonicera
Nepeta
Oenothera
Origanum
Oenstemon
Phlox
Physostegia
Platycodon
Polemonium
Primula
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Saponaria
Scabiosa
Sedum
Stachys
Stockesia
Teucrium
Thalictrum
Thymus
Tiarella
Tricystis
Trillium
Veronia
Viola
Annuals
Nursery
Host Plants
Ageratum
Alyssum
Carnation
Cleome
Cosmos
Gazania
Heliotrope
Impatiens
Lantana
Lobelia
Marigold
Nasturtium
Nicotiana
Petunia
Stock
Sunflower
Sweet William
Verbena
Zinnia
Amelanchier
Buddleja
Caryopteris
Ceanothus
Ceohalanthus
Cercis
Clethra
Hibiscus
Hypericum
Ilex vert.
Kolkwitzia
Malus
Philadelphus
Potentilla
Prunus
Rhus armo.
Rhododendron
Sambucus
Spiraea alba
Stewartia
Viburnum dent.
Weigela
Salix
Prunus serotina
Asimina triloba
Lindera benzoin
Ptelea trifoliata
Asclepias