50 beautiful deer-resistant plants : the prettiest annuals, perennials, bulbs, and shrubs that deer don't eat

225 Pages·2011·32.75 MB·English

by  Ruth Rogers Clausen

50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants
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RUTH ROGERS CLAUSEN
50 Beautiful
Deer-Resistant
Plants
THE PRETTIEST ANNUALS, PERENNIALS,
BULBS, AND SHRUBS THAT DEER DON’T EAT
Photographs by Alan L. Detrick
TIMBER PRESS
Portland * London
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Copyright © 2011 by Ruth Rogers Clausen. All rights reserved.
Photographs © Alan and Linda Detrick except where otherwise noted.
Published in 2011 by Timber Press, Inc.
The Haseltine Building 2 The Quadrant
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450 135 Salusbury Road
Portland, Oregon 97204-3527 London NW6 6RJ
www.timberpress.com www.timberpress.co.uk
ISBN-13: 978-1-60469-195-5
Printed in China
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clausen, Ruth Rogers, 1938-
50 beautiful deer-resistant plants : the prettiest annuals, perennials, bulbs,
and shrubs that deer don’t eat / by Ruth Rogers Clausen ; photography by
Alan L. Detrick.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60469-195-5
1. Deer—Control—United States. 2. Plants, Ornamental—Disease and pest
resistance--United States. I. Detrick, Alan. II. Title. III. Title: Gardener’s guide
to the best annuals, perennials, shrubs, ferns, bulbs, herbs, and grasses.
SB994.D4C63 2011
635.9’26965—dc22 2010051374
A catalog record for this book is also available from the British Library.
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To all gardeners
who tend gardens
in deer country
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Contents
Acknowledgments 9 Hybrid sage 83
Salvia ×sylvestris
Introduction 11
Japanese spurge 86
Help! Deer Are Destroying
Pachysandra terminalis
My Garden 17
Lady’s mantle 89
Alchemilla mollis
ANNUALS
Lenten rose 92
Helleborus orientalis
Castor oil plant 44
Ricinus communis Longspur barrenwort 95
Epimedium grandifl orum
Dusty miller 47
Senecio cineraria Peony 98
Paeonia offi cinalis
Floss fl ower 50
Ageratum houstonianum Siberian bugloss 101
Brunnera macrophylla
Licorice plant 53
Helichrysum petiolare Yarrow 104
Achillea millefolium
Signet marigold 56
Tagetes tenuifolia
SHRUBS
PERENNIALS
Bluebeard 110
Caryopteris ×clandonensis
Azure monkshood 62
Aconitum carmichaelii Boxwood 113
Buxus species and cultivars
Bigroot geranium 65
Geranium macrorrhizum Bush cinquefoil 116
Potentilla fruticosa
Black snakeroot 68
Actaea racemosa Cutleaf stephanandra 119
Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’
Blue false indigo 71
Baptisia australis English lavender 122
Lavandula angustifolia
Cushion spurge 74
Euphorbia polychroma Japanese spirea 125
Spiraea japonica
Fringed bleeding heart 77
Dicentra eximia Purple beautyberry 128
Callicarpa dichotoma
Hybrid astilbe 80
Astilbe ×arendsii
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Russian cypress 131 HERBS
Microbiota decussata
Basil 178
Thunberg bush clover 134
Ocimum basilicum
Lespedeza thunbergii
Greek oregano 181
Weigela 137
Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum
Weigela fl orida
Rosemary 184
Rosmarinus offi cinalis
FERNS
Sage 187
Autumn fern 142 Salvia offi cinalis
Dryopteris erythrosora
Thyme 190
Christmas fern 145 Thymus vulgaris
Polystichum acrostichoides
Cinnamon fern 148 GRASSES
Osmunda cinnamomea
Fountain grass 196
Japanese painted fern 151
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Athyrium niponicum
Hakone grass 199
Ostrich fern 154
Hakonechloa macra
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Japanese sweet fl ag 202
Acorus gramineus
BULBS
Morrow’s sedge 205
Daffodil 160 Carex morrowii
Narcissus species and cultivars
Switch grass 208
Lily leek 163 Panicum virgatum
Allium moly
Snowdrop 166 Resources for Mail-Order Plants 211
Galanthus nivalis
Glossary 212
Summer snowfl ake 169
Further Reading 215
Leucojum aestivum
Index 217
‘Waterlily’ autumn crocus 172
Colchicum ‘Waterlily’ About the Author 224
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank all those who helped me along the way
with this book and especially Tom Fischer at Timber Press,
who suggested the project. Tom Christopher is always there
for me with ideas and keeps me focused. Thank you to my
husband, Don, who read and reread the text. Thank you to
Margaret Barrett for her confi dence and support. My thanks
go to Alan and Linda Detrick, not only for Alan’s beautiful
photographs but also for their friendship and enthusiasm.
Without Juree Sondker, Eve Goodman, and Mindy Fitch this
project would not have been so complete.
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