Deer Resistant Plants That Bees & Butterflies Love In My Garden

[@chandelle.macmillan]

Thank you Dawn, always loved to see your garden! ❤

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thank you 😊

[@edanaestenes9656]

My deer ate annual nicotannia, perennial coneflowers, perennial salvia, annual lantana, columbine, shrub spirea, dianthus, butterfly weed, dahlia. Supposedly they aren't supposed to eat these things. Pretty crazy. They did not eat the annual snapdragons. They nibbled on calla lilies, but didn't seem to like them. They are annual for me. They also ate collocasia, but did not eat alocasia. They also ate my astilbe. The thing they seem to like the most was the coneflowers. They kept coming back and eating the flowers. They did not touch allium, nepeta, russian sage, yarrow, annual artimesia, lamb ears, karl forester grass, and northwind grass. They ripped a very small rhododendron bush out that I just planted but didn't eat it. They tossed it to the side. Good thing I saw it, because I put it back in the ground. I also planted a camellia, which they said it would get eaten, but they didn't eat it. So that's what happened to me. All of these things were a test I was doing to see what they were going to eat. I never sprayed anything on purpose. And anything I planted which was in the pine and spruce family, they didn't touch it. They also walked up my front porch and ate everything out of my railing planters, and pots I had. That was unbelievable that they actually came up the stairs. I had put a stick in the railings across the stairs and they went under the stick!

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Oh my goodness you have ravenous deer. So sorry. Yea they are a hungry bunch 🤬

[@lburg3780]

My deers are pretty gangster too! They eat just about everything. I’ll be filling my yard with allium, nepeta and russian sage. They didn’t like artemisia but that’s not so hardy in my yard. And they haven’t eaten my amsonia yet - fingers crossed.

[@CeeTee380]

My god, that sounds just like the herd of dear that tear apart my garden! Does your garden happen to be in coastal Washington? Ugh, it’s so disheartening

[@Bea768]

I emphasize with you. I also have herds of deer walking daily through my property, here in Quebec, Canada. Last year, after crying for an hour, and feeling like giving up on the plants I love (for ex. hostas which deer love), I decided to try the Bobbex Deer Repellent. I ordered it from Amazon. I started with spraying my hostas every 2 weeks, and after deer learned to avoid my hostas, once a month. What a relief! I now am more courageous to plant what I like and just make sure to spray it.

[@eamonnszwec2228]

Lovely mass planting...Thank you

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thank you

[@ingadd5231]

Really like your gardening style 🌻🏵️🌸🌻🏵️🌸. All flowers very beautiful.🐝🐞🐛🦋🐝🐞🐛🦋🐞🐝 Thanks for sharing your experience...

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

So nice of you thank you 😊

[@julietreimers8372]

This is truly very helpful for me. I love all the perennial plants you have in your garden especially the Rudbeckia, Coneflowers, Nepeta, Yarrow & Astilbe which I already have.

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thank you!! I’m happy you found it helpful!!

[@katystevenson2784]

Deer and rabbit may not eat these,but if you have ground hogs,they will lol. I had a ground hog that mowed down most of my garden this spring and his favorite thing to eat was my cone flowers.

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Oh my. I do have ground hogs. I can’t say they have ever eaten any of these. Only my Dahlias and of course it’s a battle to keep the veggie garden for myself!!! They seem to think it’s theirs 🙄

[@maureenmckenna5220]

Just as your video opened I saw black eyed Susan’s and echinacea, both of which I have planted and both of which they have eaten, I too spray repellent and feel it does work. But, I sometimes let too long a time pass in between sprays. I am going to replant echinacea this week and I am going to cover them with bird netting to give them a good chance to at least begin. Just planted yarrow and nothing ate it, so I will plant more. Yes, to salvia withstanding the onslaught of both deer and rabbits. Shear it back after blooming and you will have to wait no time for another blooming. Happens all summer long. I have May Night. Coreopsis got eaten, but did come back. The Cat’s Pajamas is a keeper too. Great suggestions here. Nice to know what kind of astilbe you have. Here in the south astilbe must be in the shade. The allium is another wonderful plant. I put in Serendipity this year for the first time and nothing ate it. These are all great suggestions if you suffer with deep and rabbits.

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Do you think that once your plants are more established the deer will leave them alone? The other thing I do and I really didn’t mention it in the video is that I have an area in the woodland gardens that have hosta and I do spray the heck out of them in spring but this time of year they all get eaten and I just let it happen because I figure it’s an area they can have versus coming into my yard and eating everything in my yard. If that makes any sense.

[@maureenmckenna5220]

@@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn I have grown hosta successfully for more than a decade now, and I spray them before they even emerge every year. I have 15 plants and have grown them successfully and divided them often, and I believe they know they aren’t edible now, although I had baby rabbits eat the underneath leaves that weren’t sprayed! But, from the beginning I was determined to keep them safe and have been religious about spraying. And, yes, I do believe that older plants have a much better chance of surviving. I covered my baby black eyed Susans when they started to get eaten, for the first year, and they were able to grow and now are four years old and huge. Thanks again for all the suggestions, which are invaluable when you are purchasing, planting and feeding all to no avail.

[@michguy1019]

I have the same issues with the same plants. I'm in Michigan, zone 6. In my backyard its mostly rabbit damage as I enclosed the property with an 8' tall fence - since then no deer issues (It's 1x2 cedar in a square lattice pattern to not block sun). The front yard isn't fenced and this year saw the worst deer damage. I've used sprays - favorite is Plantskyd. I also used a powder called Green Screen. Both need reapplication fairly frequently to be safe. The front yard is mostly shaded so I've planted many varieties of ferns, alliums, pachysandra, boxwood, rhododendron. I also have several varieties of hydrangea & hosta, but they are all fenced or netted. I also discovered that deer love holly!

[@mikehibbard2892]

Thanks for all the great information! Looks like I’ll be busy moving plants around next month! Your garden is a great inspiration to me! Looking forward to seeing more videos!!!

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thank you Mike!!

[@rockinrobin144]

Thank you. Very good and informative video.

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Your so welcome

[@marvamarrs4894]

what a lovely respite, I enjoyed every minute of this video and went on to watch the series about the construction of your green house. Your garden is beautiful and I enjoyed your soft approach to your garden tour.

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thanks so much!! I appreciate your comments and I’m happy your here!!

[@KindnessCoach]

#Beautiful! So glad I found your channel. Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing your knowledge. 💜💜💜

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Welcome!! So glad your here!!

[@tidjanihamel9787]

Lovely garden from algeria

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thank you and welcome!!

[@Blake.Cooper]

Just moved to KY on 38 mainly wooden acres except for around my house. I have found I am living among a herd of deer LOL. Thanks for the info!! I really needed it. I am starting flowerbeds from scratch and have been doing a lot of research on this topic. Great video.

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Oh goodness!! Yes there are a lot of them. I find a dog helped as well LOL

[@Lupesanchez-x3f]

Beautiful 😍

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thanks Lupe!!

[@janehop]

You can't count on deer not eating black eyed susans, the deer ate all of my black eyed susans just as the buds were about to open. Maybe they react differently in other areas. They have not bothered my purple salvia. I don't know about the coneflowers, have not tried them. Thanks though your garden is beautiful.

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

I think it might depend on the variety of black eyed Susan’s as we have a ton of deer and in 25 years they have never eaten mine. They are pesky critters. 😠

[@janehop]

Yes, maybe, mine were just the regular old rudibeckia. I had them for about 40 years. Everytime I moved I took a few plants to the next house. Where I am now has a lot of deer that I never had to deal with before. @@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn

[@Lealelan]

I wish I could grow Astilbe. Im in zone 9 in coastal CA and it doesnt do very well. Maybe I should try again. We've got such a deer issue so I grow every one of the plants you listed and they do well. Butterfly bush is another one, if you've got space! Your gardens are enchanting!

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thank you. I wonder if you get too much heat for them?

[@rbthegardennannyllc4219]

Hey Dawn -- how many would you say Rudbeckia Goldstrom are in mass there? Great combination of the Goldstrum and Russian Sage. Matter of fact great plants all together. Thanks for sharing.

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Hey Renee!! Gosh it’s been a while since I planted those …I’d say about 15 or so. They get wide and have spread over the years!! Thanks for your nice comments. Hope you’ve been well!!!

[@jeannesmith1761]

Yeah this is Gene I do 30 have 30 gardens up at memorial Park in New Kensington Pennsylvania and I've been doing it for about 18 years now and I have a lot of hostos and of course a lot of deer out there but I use egg yolk and water like three egg yolks to a big bottle of with water and then I spray them and then when they first start coming up only have to do it the one time and it really helps with the deer so if you want to try it try it it works good I've been doing it for years now if you have any trouble with others like other things sometimes I put garlic and hot sauce in it and put it in a bucket and then do it that way with a paintbrush but yeah it works okay talk to you later

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thanks for the tip I’ll give it a try!!!

[@slickchick5811]

hang up lines of garlic cloves. slice and serve.

[@williamtaylor2412]

love this

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Thanks so much!!

[@Winterfell1066]

Deer eat my mass blackened Susans to the ground in central MS. Also, maybe you spray your garden with deer repellent too. However, when I see the mass planitings of Giant Hosta in the background, I know you really don't have any deer.

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

Crazy!! They prefer my hostas!!

[@nonasmith2405]

What growing zone do live in

[@SeasonalDesignsbyDawn]

5b