I know, I know, this should be at “Over the Fence,” but I don’t spend any time there.
Snapped some digital pics of many of my perennials, and a couple of shrub plants. We live in the woods, so everything needs to be pretty shade-tolerant, and all this stuff is.
Forgive the repetition, a lot of the hostas look sort of the same, but they are not. I think we’ve over a dozen varieties of them.
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those Hosta are gorgeous,
ours always end up as deer food
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Deer and black bear, plus other wild things, cruise the lot frequently. We adjoin a large piece of forever-wild state-owned land.
I do frequent applications of Deer-Off, which seems to work.
we tried a different tack.we put out 5000# of corn which they devour .and then go have an cedar or pine for dessert...:).
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It's not truly a shade garden, unless there's mold on the wall<G>...and, we'd have nothing if it weren't for Deer Off! Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
We also like our hostas.
These were rescued from an excavation. Oddly, no deer problem. But the hostas are trying to take over the periwinkle field around the corner. Moved a dozen this year, at least that many to go. Spread like weeds, with a little compost thrown on every spring. Dirt's only 4" deep, then plastic (PAHS umbrella).
Deer have never bothered my raised beds on the roof either. Thought they liked tomatoes...
Well, 1 buck on the patio 3 yrs ago, munching hostas. So I arranged venison pickup (nothing we care about). Deer disappeared. Got the word I guess.PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
Very nice! I'm a big fan of hostas. Unfortunately so are the deer.
After losing several in one night a couple of weeks ago, I found and have applied "Deer Repel" to the survivors. I hope it actually repels deer--it's definitely repellant to me. Smells like rotten eggs when you first spray it.
Great looking plants.Here's a few pictures around our house.
Nice. I like those little blue fescue grassy things. Good to be in a zone where you can grow a nice variety of stuff.
At elevation 2000 feet here, and with winter low temps sometimes at 40 below, we are in a hard zone 3, and limited to growing what can handle it. I'm lucky my rhodies haven't bit the dust by now. Deep snow cover helps.
What is the plant in 1972? Looks cool!
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When I asked my wife she pointed out that that was a photo taken at the local botanical garden green house. But she and I both think it's a varitey of geranium. Sorry for taking credit for this one.
Monarda add a bit of color in our wooded lot. Hummingbird and butterfly attracters. We've had good luck with Liquid Fence to detract the deer.
Here's the sweet part, something you can't really see while walking by.
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The bud develops to this
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cal, nice job on that 1st pic! Liquid Fence eh, might have to add that to the stable, I've heard it's good to switch them up. They nailed our orange day lillies :-( Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
Holly, we've tried about every deer repellent and discourager but the movement sensitive water blaster. That may be next.
Thanks for the complement. I will be taking probably hundreds of closeups of those monarda in search for that perfect shot. I am way overly intrigued with that plant. You just can't see the detail walking in the garden.
Just got this one "walking" in the neighbors garden. Five ft. big and something I've never seen b/4 around here. Native I've read for a few county are at this end of the state, by the lake. Mistaken for a poisonous variety, often killed by mistake.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
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I KNOW you didn't call Joyce over to look at that guy<g> and yes, you got a shudder out of me...LOL Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.
I'd guess that to be a timber rattler.
Correct me.
Really nice photos Calvin.[email protected]
We've got bee balm, too, but because of the scant sunlight, hardly anything that blooms has shown flowers yet.
Quite a short summer, here. Safe date for tomatoes being set in the garden is June 15.
We've a color riot coming, though, in daylilies and astilbe. I bought some more this spring from my favorite plant source, Bluestone Perennials, in Madison, OH.
Astilbe is indeed a beauty. We've been blooming for a while.
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Gene, one thing that has worked for us is to plot out the sun in the garden according to development and bloom time. There should be one spot that is condusive to getting some viewing time. Helps too to cut a branch or two. Then again, the locust and walnut here let some light through pretty much any time of day.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
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Wonder if this would grow in your area. Bottle Brush Buckeye. Ground spreading bush, couple to 6' or so. Deer don't eat, but do antler scrape 'em when they get taller.
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I would like to have buckeye, being a fan of all things aesculus. Lived in Ohio from age 5 through 21, so I am sort of a buckeye myself.
But we are in a hard zone 3, and while a nursery north of here in the St. Lawrence valley has some stock, I think it would fail at my elevation.
That bottle brush might be worth a try. Spreads itself, loves the shade, and can handle some sun too. Cool plant, not many around. Bloom lasts 2 wks to a month depending on the volume of plants.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
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