Does deer eat lavender plants?
Summary
Whether deer eat lavender plants can depend on various factors, including the deer population and availability of other food sources. Some forum users have shared their experiences with deer and plant preferences, highlighting that deer might consume a variety of plants if they are hungry enough. However, there are plants that deer tend to avoid, offering options for those dealing with deer in their area. Ultimately, deer resistance can vary.
What our forum users are saying:
- Deer eat borage, except when it's near houses or protected by electric fences. -- spieker, Beesource
- "Just about anything is deer food if they are hungry enough...There just isn't a good answer for this." -- agrostis, Lawnsite
- A forum user mentions planting 60 lavender plants. -- Sticky Bear, Beesource
- "this list seems pretty accurate" referring to a list of deer-resistant plants. -- agrostis, Lawnsite
Post Mentions
- I'm interested in any deer resistant plant there is. Those animal's are a real problem, vegetable garden's and almost all flower's are completely out. Just about anything is deer food if they are hungry enough. You can't shoot a gun in this city's limit's. I see deer every day. There just isn't...
- Deer eat my borage, except what is right next to my house or in my electric fence protected garden. Yes, it does reseed itself.
- Why does it matter if deer will eat the plants? Is your area so overpopulated with deer that they will eat every last plant? If you have so small of a patch of plants that you have to worry about a deer eating all of them in one night, your patch is likely too small to be of any real benefit...
- Milkweed and pretty soon would be the time to save seed. I am looking at planting Borage as I read bee's love it and the nectar returns to the plant 2 mins after a bee takes the nectar out. Spieker do you know if deer eat Borage herb? And if it reseeds it's self as it is a annual. Carol
- I'm up to 60 Lavender plants and would like to about 300. Borage has to be one of my favorite plants for bees, they love it and it reseeds itself yearly.
- Matt - I am going to try mountain laurel here at home. The deer do not like it at all and it is evergreen. 5-6 ft. mature height. it needs a shady zone 6 environment. You should try this link - http://njaes.rutgers.edu/deerresistance/ - this list seems pretty accurate.
- This is what I was referring to Leo. (Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Prostrata') http://www.wilsonbrosnursery.com/Plants/Shrubs/Foliage-Shrubs/Yews/Yew-Spreading-Plum-Yew.aspx As far as the fothergilla I was wrong on that. Shouldn't have posted that. Posted via Mobile Device
- 1. Aronia arbutifolia ‘Brilliantissima’ (Brilliant Red Chokeberry) Grows to 6 or 8 ft. in height 2. Buxus ‘Green Mountain’ (Green Mountain Boxwood) Evergreen shrub; upright, 5 ft. high and 3 ft. wide 3. Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet) 6 to 8 ft. height with 4 to 6 ft. spread 4...
- We are starting a new bee yard, and it's got some open fields, I was considering planting some wildflowers. There are a number of deer, and thinning the population out isn't an option... If I plant do the deer tend to eat wildflowers? Any types they leave alone?
- Sure there is, either a bow or crossbow. ;)
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