I’m gonna save you some money.
I’m gonna save you some time.
Hostas
To a deer, these are fresh-caught Maine lobster served with melted Irish butter.
Oh, man! Nothing like a fresh hosta! Photo: mirror.co.uk.
Hope there’s not a power outage.
Roses
You might think thorny roses would be undesirable, but you don’t know Bambi.
Rhododendron
Another dinnertime favorite.
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Azeleas
What’s up with this?
Are deer determined to remove all of America’s favorite plants from the landscape?
Yeah, pretty much.
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Deer feel the same way.
Japanese Pittosporum
It grows in many of the same places in the South as Indian hawthorn does.
Pansies and Violas
This one is a no-brainer.
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If people can put pansy and viola flowers on salads and eat them, deer surely can.
FYI, their favorite dressings are Ranch and Thousand Island.
Euonymus
Grumpy ain’t gonna shed any tears over this one.
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He hates most species of euonymus, particularly the gruesomely garish golden euonymus (E. japonica ‘Aureomarginatus’).
If the deer don’t get them, scales and mildew will.
Once a deer spots it, though, it’s “sayonara.”
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Blueberry
Did you know that blueberries are among the most potent sources of health-giving antioxidants?
Deer certainly do, which is why they will gobble down every one, along with the foliage too.
How kind of you to plant them.
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Deer, of course, do not.
They relish the leaves as well.
Here’s looking at yew, kid.
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Wait until the herd sweeps through your yard!
Deer won’t touch them.
Good dining makes good neighbors!
Pansies and their relatives, violets and violas, are often treated as annuals; they’re enlisted to provide beds, containers, and borders with plenty of fall (and winter!) garden color.Credit: Leonid Shkurikhin/EyeEm/Getty Images
But deer don’t want to admire your impatiens, they want to eat them.
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Think blueberry bushes are just for summer picking? Think again. These shrubs are a blaze with color come cooler months. Leaves change to red, orange, or yellow combinations that offer a welcomed bonus to the plant’s summer fruit. Learn more. .Credit: Andrei Berezovskii/Getty Images
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