Not So Sensible Selections for Deterring Deer
These are plants that deer love, so avoid them to keep the deer away:
Clematis
Daylily
Coneflower
Dogwood
Hosta
Impatiens
Pansies,
Fruit TreesHow to Outsmart Deer and Save Your Landscape
Good fencing can help keep deer away from your landscape. But if it's too expensive or if it's not permitted in your area due to local ordinances, you can try a newer product, a Wireless Deer Fence. It's scented so the deer will want to smell it, and when they do, they will get a small shock to scare them away.
You can also try deer repellant sprays. Government and university studies show that repellants made with putrescent egg solids, or rotten eggs, appear to be particularly effective. The key is you'll have to keep spraying them on if you want to keep the deer out.
Sensible Tools
These are the tools and garden supplies used on our project by Walter and the DIY team and also given to the homeowners to help care for their new landscape:
Scotts Patchmaster (www.scotts.com)
Scotts Handy Green II (www.scotts.com)
Scotts Pure Premium High Performance Grass Seed Mix (www.scotts.com)
Scotts Pure Premium Shady Grass Mix (www.scotts.com)
Ortho Weed B Gone (www.ortho.com)
Fiskars Garden Kneepads (www.fiskars.com)
Fiskars Bypass Lopper (www.fiskars.com)
Cobra Head Weeder (www.cobrahead.com)
Deer Off (www.havahart.com)
Wireless Deer Fence (www.wirelessdeerfence.com)
Treegator (www.treegator.com)
Soil and amendments provided by Fafard (www.fafard.com)
Gloves provided by Atlas Gloves
