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PLANTS NOT FAVORED BY DEER

 

TREES

 

Common Name             Ash Beech Birch Catalpa Chestnut Cypress Dawn Redwood Ginkgo Ironwood Larch Locust, Black Locust, Honey Redbud Sassafras Smoke Tree Sourwood Sweet Gum Spruce Sycamore Western Arborvitae Tree Lilac Tulip Tree

Scientific Name Fraxinus spp. Fagus spp. Betula spp. Catalpa spp. Castanea spp. Taxodium distichum Metasequoia glyptostroboides Ginkgo biloba Ostrya virginiana Larix spp. Robinia pseudoacacia Gleditsia triacanthos Cercis canadensis Sassafras albidum Cotinus spp. Oxydendrum arboreum Liquidambar styraciflua Picea spp. Platanus occidentalis Thuja plicata Syringa reticulata Liriodendron tulipifera

                                                                                       

SHRUBS

 

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Common Name Barberry Boxwood Leatherwood Coralberry Forsythia Kerria Lilac Oregon-grape Smoke Bush Snowberry Spicebush Spirea Sweet Shrub Witch Hazel

Scientific Name Berberis spp. Buxus spp. Dirca palustris Symphoricarpos Forsythia spp. Kerria japonica Syringa vulgaris Mahonia spp. Cotinus spp. Symphoricarpos spp. Lindera spp. Spiraea spp. Calycanthus floridus Hamamelis spp.

 

GROUND COVERS (both woody and herbaceous plants)

 

Common Name Ajuga Barren Strawberry Bergenia Bunchberry Catmint Epimedium Ferns Hens and Chicks Juniper   Lady's Mantle Lamium Lily-of-the Valley Lily Turf Lungwort Mosses  Pachysandra Potentilla Sedum Snow-in-Summer Sweet Woodruff Vinca Violet Wild Ginger Wild Strawberry

Scientific Name Ajuga spp. Waldsteinia fragarioides Bergenia spp. Cornus canadensis Nepeta x faassenii Epimedium spp. Numerous species Sempervivum spp. Juniperus spp. Alchemilla mollis Lamium spp. Convallaria majalis Liriope spicata Pulmonaria spp. -------------- Pachysandra spp. Potentilla spp. Sedum spp. Cerastium spp. Galium odoratum Vinca minor Viola spp. Asarum canadense Fragaria spp

 

PERENNIAL VINES

 

Common Name Akebia Bittersweet Clematis Grape Honeysuckle Ivy, Boston Silver Lace Vine Trumpet Creeper Virginia Creeper Wisteria

Scientific Name Akebia quintata Celastrus scandens Clematis spp. Vitis coignetiae Lonicera spp. Parthenocissus tricuspidata Polygonum aubertii Campsis radicans Parthenocissus quinquefolia Wisteria sinensis

 

 

HARDY BULBS

 

Common Name Autumn Crocus Crown Imperial Daffodil Grape Hyacinth Glory-of-the-Snow Imperial Fritillary Ornamental Onion Siberian Scilla Snowdrop Winter Aconite

Scientific Name Chionodoxa lucilia Fritillaria imperialis Narcissus spp. Muscari spp. Colchicum autumnalis Fritillaria imperialis Allium spp. Scilla spp. Galanthus nivalis Eranthis hyemalis

 

ANNUALS/BIENNIALS

Common Name Ageratum Alyssum Candytuft Forget-Me-Not Four o'clock Foxglove Heliotrope Larkspur Lobelia Marigold Mimulus Morning Glory Moonflower Nasturtium Petunia Poppy Salvia Snapdragon Stocks Sunflower Sweet William Tithonia

Scientific Name Ageratum Lobularia Iberis Myosotis Mirabilis Digitalis Heliotropium Delphinium Lobelia Tagetes Mimulus Ipomoea Ipomoea Tropaeolum Petunia Papaver Salvia Antirrhinum Matthiola Helianthus Dianthus Tithonia

 

 

HARDY PERENNIALS

 

Common Name Monkshood Anemone Artemisia Astilbe Bee Balm Bergenia Black-eyed Susan Butterfly Weed Columbine Coreopsis Cranesbill Fleabane Daisy Foam Flower Gentian Geum Goldenrod Hellebore Hens & Chicks Hibiscus Iris Jacob's Ladder Rose campion Marsh Marigold Meadow Rue Meadowsweet Peony Phlox Pinks Purple Coneflower Rock Cress Russian Sage Salvia Sedum Shasta Daisy Snakeroot Sneezeweed Snow-in-Summer Speedwell Toadflax Valerian Violet Yarrow		Scientific Name Aconitum spp. Anemone spp. Artemisia spp. Astilbe spp. Monarda spp. Bergenia spp. Rudbeckia hirta Asclepias tuberosa Aquilegia spp. Coreopsis spp. Geranium spp. Erigeron x hybridus Tiarella cordifolia Gentiana spp. Geum spp. Solidago spp. Helleborus nigra Sempervivum spp. Hibiscus spp. Iris spp. Polemonium caeruleum Lychnis coronaria Caltha pulustris Thalictrum spp. Flipendula spp. Paeonia spp. Phlox divaricata Dianthus spp. Echinacea purpurea Arabis caucasica Perovskia atriplicifolia Salvia spp. Sedum spp. Chrysanthemum Eupatorium rugosum Helenium autumnale Cerastium tomentosum Veronica spp. Linaria spp. Valeriana officinalis Viola spp. Achillea spp.

 

 

 

 

 

HERBS

Common Name Angelica Artemisia Basil Borage Catmint Chamomile Chives Comfrey Dill Fennel Feverfew Germander Hyssop Lamb's Ears Lavender Lemon Balm Mint Mullein Oregano Parsley Rosemary Rue Sage Savory Tansy Thyme

Scientific Name Angelica archangelica Artemisia absinthum Ocimum basilicum Borago officinalis Nepeta x faassenii Matricaria spp. Allium schoenoprasum Symphytum x rubrum Anethum graveolens Foeniculum vulgare Tanacetum parthenium Teucrium chamaedrys Hyssopus officinalis Stachys byzantina Lavandula angustifolia Melissa officinalis Mentha spp. Verbascum spp. Origanum vulgare Petroselinum spp. Rosmarinus officinalis Ruta graveolens Salvia officinalis Satureja montana Tanacetum coccineum Thymus spp.

 

For Additional Reading

Gardening in Deer County, Bernard, Karen J.

Croton-on-Hudson, New York, NY

 

 

 

 

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