50 beautiful deer-resistant plants : the prettiest annuals, perennials, bulbs, and shrubs that deer don't eat PDF
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50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants 32766-Clausen-50Deer-SECOND-A.indd 1 3/3/11 2:26:52 PM 32766a-Clausen-50Deer-SECOND-A.indd 2 3/23/11 6:23:58 PM RUTH ROGERS CLAUSEN 50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants THE PRETTIEST ANNUALS, PERENNIALS, BULBS, AND SHRUBS THAT DEER DON’T EAT Photographs by Alan L. Detrick TIMBER PRESS Portland * London 32766-Clausen-50Deer-SECOND-A.indd 3 3/3/11 2:26:54 PM Copyright © 2011 by Ruth Rogers Clausen. All rights reserved. Photographs © Alan and Linda Detrick except where otherwise noted. Published in 2011 by Timber Press, Inc. The Haseltine Building 2 The Quadrant 133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450 135 Salusbury Road Portland, Oregon 97204-3527 London NW6 6RJ www.timberpress.com www.timberpress.co.uk ISBN-13: 978-1-60469-195-5 Printed in China Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clausen, Ruth Rogers, 1938- 50 beautiful deer-resistant plants : the prettiest annuals, perennials, bulbs, and shrubs that deer don’t eat / by Ruth Rogers Clausen ; photography by Alan L. Detrick. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60469-195-5 1. Deer—Control—United States. 2. Plants, Ornamental—Disease and pest resistance--United States. I. Detrick, Alan. II. Title. III. Title: Gardener’s guide to the best annuals, perennials, shrubs, ferns, bulbs, herbs, and grasses. SB994.D4C63 2011 635.9’26965—dc22 2010051374 A catalog record for this book is also available from the British Library. 32766-Clausen-50Deer-SECOND-A.indd 4 3/3/11 2:26:54 PM To all gardeners who tend gardens in deer country 32766-Clausen-50Deer-SECOND-A.indd 5 3/3/11 2:26:54 PM Contents Acknowledgments 9 Hybrid sage 83 Salvia ×sylvestris Introduction 11 Japanese spurge 86 Help! Deer Are Destroying Pachysandra terminalis My Garden 17 Lady’s mantle 89 Alchemilla mollis ANNUALS Lenten rose 92 Helleborus orientalis Castor oil plant 44 Ricinus communis Longspur barrenwort 95 Epimedium grandifl orum Dusty miller 47 Senecio cineraria Peony 98 Paeonia offi cinalis Floss fl ower 50 Ageratum houstonianum Siberian bugloss 101 Brunnera macrophylla Licorice plant 53 Helichrysum petiolare Yarrow 104 Achillea millefolium Signet marigold 56 Tagetes tenuifolia SHRUBS PERENNIALS Bluebeard 110 Caryopteris ×clandonensis Azure monkshood 62 Aconitum carmichaelii Boxwood 113 Buxus species and cultivars Bigroot geranium 65 Geranium macrorrhizum Bush cinquefoil 116 Potentilla fruticosa Black snakeroot 68 Actaea racemosa Cutleaf stephanandra 119 Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’ Blue false indigo 71 Baptisia australis English lavender 122 Lavandula angustifolia Cushion spurge 74 Euphorbia polychroma Japanese spirea 125 Spiraea japonica Fringed bleeding heart 77 Dicentra eximia Purple beautyberry 128 Callicarpa dichotoma Hybrid astilbe 80 Astilbe ×arendsii 32766-Clausen-50Deer-SECOND-A.indd 6 3/3/11 3:44:15 PM Russian cypress 131 HERBS Microbiota decussata Basil 178 Thunberg bush clover 134 Ocimum basilicum Lespedeza thunbergii Greek oregano 181 Weigela 137 Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum Weigela fl orida Rosemary 184 Rosmarinus offi cinalis FERNS Sage 187 Autumn fern 142 Salvia offi cinalis Dryopteris erythrosora Thyme 190 Christmas fern 145 Thymus vulgaris Polystichum acrostichoides Cinnamon fern 148 GRASSES Osmunda cinnamomea Fountain grass 196 Japanese painted fern 151 Pennisetum alopecuroides Athyrium niponicum Hakone grass 199 Ostrich fern 154 Hakonechloa macra Matteuccia struthiopteris Japanese sweet fl ag 202 Acorus gramineus BULBS Morrow’s sedge 205 Daffodil 160 Carex morrowii Narcissus species and cultivars Switch grass 208 Lily leek 163 Panicum virgatum Allium moly Snowdrop 166 Resources for Mail-Order Plants 211 Galanthus nivalis Glossary 212 Summer snowfl ake 169 Further Reading 215 Leucojum aestivum Index 217 ‘Waterlily’ autumn crocus 172 Colchicum ‘Waterlily’ About the Author 224 32766a-Clausen-50Deer-SECOND-A.indd 7 3/29/11 10:03:28 AM 32766a-Clausen-50Deer-SECOND-A.indd 8 3/23/11 6:24:01 PM Acknowledgments I would like to thank all those who helped me along the way with this book and especially Tom Fischer at Timber Press, who suggested the project. Tom Christopher is always there for me with ideas and keeps me focused. Thank you to my husband, Don, who read and reread the text. Thank you to Margaret Barrett for her confi dence and support. My thanks go to Alan and Linda Detrick, not only for Alan’s beautiful photographs but also for their friendship and enthusiasm. Without Juree Sondker, Eve Goodman, and Mindy Fitch this project would not have been so complete. 32766-Clausen-50Deer-SECOND-A.indd 9 3/3/11 2:27:34 PM
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