222 W. Lake St. Bloomingdale 2400 Randall Rd. Carpentersville 630-529-9394 847-428-6767 Gardening with Deer Whether or not a particular plant species or variety will be eaten depends on the deer’s previous experience, nutritional needs, plant palatability, sea- sonal factors, weather conditions and the availability of alternative foods. Most damage occurs when winter snow cover has reduced food availability. In addition to chemical repellents and physical barriers, like netting and fencing, selecting plant material that is not preferred by deer is yet another way to protect our valued landscapes. No plant will be avoided by deer under all conditions. The following is a guideline of suggested plants resistant to deer damage; however, your experiences may differ.

Annuals Jacobaea Dusty Miller Full sun Campanula Bellfl ower Part sun to shade maritima BOTANICAL COMMON SUN Centaurea Dusty Miller Sun to part shade NAME NAME REQUIREMENTS Verbena Verbena Sun to part shade cineraria Zantedeschia Calla Lily Sun to part shade Convallaria Lily of the Sun to part shade Ageratum Ageratum Sun to part shade aethiopica majalis Valley Antirrhinum Snapdragon Sun to part shade Zinnia Zinnia Full sun Delphinium Larkspur Full sun Borage Starfl ower Full sun Delosperma Ice Plant Part sun to shade Tagetes Marigold Sun to part sun Perennials Dicentra Bleeding Part sun to shade Cybopogon Lemon Grass Full sun BOTANICAL COMMON SUN Hearts Helichrysum Strawfl ower Full sun NAME NAME REQUIREMENTS Digitalis Foxglove Sun to part shade hybridum Achillea Yarrow Sun to part shade Echinacea Conefl ower Sun to part shade Delosperma Ice Plant Full sun Ajuga reptans Ajuga Part shade to Epimedium Barrenwort Part sun to shade cooperi shade Eupatorium Joe Pye Weed Sun to part shade Foeniculum Fennel Full sun Alchemilla Lady’s Mantle Sun to shade vulgare Euphorbia Spurge Full sun Allium Wild onion/ Sun to shade Rosmarinus of- Rosemary Full sun Ferns Fern Part sun to shade Chives fi cinalis Galium odoratum Woodruff Part sun to shade Anemone Anemone Sun to part shade Salvia Sage Sun to part shade Geranium Bloody Sun to part shade Aquilegia Columbine Sun to shade Santolina Lavender Full sun sanguineum Crane's-bill chamaecyparissus Cotton Artemisia Wormwood Sun to part shade Gypsophila Baby’s Breath Full sun Scabiosa Pincushion Full sun Asclepias Butterfl y Weed Full sun paniculata Flower incarnata Helleborus Hellebore Part sun to shade Astilbe False Spirea Full sun to part Iris Iris Sun to part shade shade

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Kniphofi a uvaria Red Hot Pokers Full sun Thymus Thyme Sun to part shade Shrubs Lamium Dead Nettle Part sun to shade Tradescantia Spiderwort Sun to part shade BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME maculatum virginiana Berberis thunbergii Barberry Lavender Lavender Full sun Verbascum White Nettle Full sun Buxus Boxwood Lobelia Cardinal fl ower Sun to part shade Yucca Adam’s Needle Sun to part shade Calycanthus fl oridus Carolina Allspice Menthus Mints Sun to part shade Caryopteris Bluebeard Monarda didyma Bee Balm Sun to part shade Grasses Clethra alnifolia Summersweet Myosotis alpestris Forget-me-nots Part sun to shade BOTANICAL COMMON SUN Cornus Dogwood Narcissus Daffoldils Sun to part shade NAME NAME REQUIREMENTS Cotinus Smokebush Nepeta Cat mint Sun to part shade Calamagrostis Feather Reed Sun to part shade acutifl ora Grass coggygria Oregano Oregano Sun to part shade Festuca glauca Blue Fescue Full sun Cotoneaster Cotoneaster Pachysandra Green Carpet Shade to part sun Deutzia Deutzia terminalis Miscanthus Maiden Grass Full sun sinensis Diervilla Bush Honeysuckle Paeonia Peony Full sun Euonymus Euonymus Papaver Poppy Sun to part shade Vines nudicaule Forsythia Forsythia Perovskia Russian Sage Sun to part shade BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME Hamamelis Witch Hazel atriplicifolia Celastrus scandens American Bittersweet Hypericum St. John’s Wort Phlox subulata Creeping Phlox Sun to part shade Clematis Clematis Ilex Holly Rheum Ornamental Sun to part shade Hedra helix English Ivy Itea virginica Sweetspire Rhubarb Ipomoea Morning Glory Juniperus Juniper Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Sun to part shade Lonicera Honeysuckle Ligustrum Privet Susan Parthenocissus Boston Ivy Picea Spruce Salvia offi cinalis Meadow Sage Sun to part shade Vitis Grape Potentilla fruticosa Potentilla Sempervivum Hen and Chicks Full sun Wisteria Wisteria Ribes Currant Stachys Lamb’s Eear Sun to part shade Spiraea Spirea Germander Wall Sun to part shade Germander Symphoricarpos alba Snowberry Thalictrum Meadow-rues Sun to part shade Syringa vulgaris Common Lilac

Spring is coming! Gardening made easy with curbside pick up or no contact delivery! 222 W. Lake St. Bloomingdale 2400 Randall Rd. Carpentersville 630-529-9394 847-428-6767 Gardening with Deer Trees BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME Acer palmatum Japanese maple Betula Birch Catalpa Catalpa Cercis canadensis Redbud Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo Gleditsia Honey Locust triacanthos Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree Metasequoia Dawn Redwood glyptostoboides Picea Spruce Pinus Pine Syringa reticulata Japanese Tree Lilac Taxodium distichum Baldcypress **Trees listed here are resistant to deer browsing. No tree is resistant to the damage of bucks rubbing their antlers during mating season.

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