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Question:
I would like to plant ornamental shrubs along a fence line surrounding a small family cemetery on our property. What do you recommend we plant that is "deer proof", is not harmful to kids, pets or cattle, and will grow in our Blanco County rocky soil? I would like to plant them in the next few weeks.
Answer:
There are many lists of deer-resistant plants but there is no list of deer proof plants. This is partly because of the changing appetites with different areas, food availability, deer population, etc. Another reason is that even though the deer do not find certain plants to be palatable, the bucks can demolish them when they are rubbing the velvet from their antlers and when they are marking their territory during the rutting season. Some that I have seen little, if any, damage to include Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens), Oleander (Nerium oleander) all parts of which are toxic but are reputed to be so bitter that even goats will not eat them, Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora) and Boxwood (Buxus microphylla). See the list of deer-resistant plants at this PLANTanswers Web site:
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu...
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