Deer Resistant Perennial Flowers That Bloom All Summer
Sun loving flowers that resist deer.
Deer resistant perennial flowers that bloom all summer. Using deer resistant plants can not only prevent a drive by deer snack but it can brighten up these typically sunny areas. Type perennial blooms rusty orange in early summer light part shade soil well drained to dry size 12 to 24 in. Top 12 summer blooming perennials for deer resistant drama can you have garden color fragrance and exciting foliage. This long blooming perennial flowers from mid summer well into the fall but it can be susceptible to powdery mildew a fungal disease that can be disfiguring although it rarely causes serious damage.
Butterfly weed is fragrant drought tolerant and deer resistant. If you are looking for a perennial with beautiful flowers to complete your deer resistant garden then the anemone is an excellent option. Wide hardiness cold zones 4 to 8 heat zones 8 to 1 floss flower ageratum houstonianum. Decorative gardens often take the brunt of deer pressure.
10 new flowering plants for more garden color in 2018 how to plant bulbs in fall for spring and summer blooms 11 classic bulbs for spring blooms attract. This is a specimen you will want to locate somewhere where you can fully appreciate the beauty of its flowers during the blooming period may or june depending on where you live. A tough perennial native to areas of north america butterfly weed bursts forth with clusters of orange flowers in summer. Happily this plant will bring a host of butterflies to your yard but not deer.
These plants can handle full sun in the spring but are deer resistant shade perennials as the temperatures begin to climb. 2 to 3 feet. Deer often feel safe in pursuing a snack on plants at the end of driveways or lining a sidewalk. Plant these deer resistant perennials in moist soil with excellent drainage.
The bleeding heart seems to disappear in the summer after the flowers bloom but they come back year after year with proper care. These fragrant perennial flowers reach a height from 1 to 8 feet depending on the variety and grow best in zones 3 through 10. Oriental poppies put on a spectacular although brief floral show. Tall 10 to 18 in.
Brightly colored flowers in white orange red and pink attract many types of butterflies and birds. Like some of the other deer resistant perennials this classic cottage garden plant is toxic. While each flower only blooms for a single day the plants have multiple flowers that bloom from summer through fall in shades of orange yellow white pink red and purple. 1 to 8 feet.
However newer cultivars such as the white david are mildew resistant with foliage that stays nice and healthy looking all summer. It tops the list of 20 perennial flowers for your new jersey garden design.