After building the wall, and clearing the inside, we've completed the rototilling, added topsoil, and purchased some plants!
Here's the in-progress... after adding the topsoil, but before the plants were in
And the reverse:
We need deer-resistant plants.
Rutgers has a great website that rates plants on a scale ranging from "Rarely Damaged" by deer to "Frequently Severely Damaged" by deer. The only tricky part is searching for the common names.
Here's what we're trying out:
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| Delphinium "Seldom" Deer Damaged |
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| Baby's Breath "Seldom" Deer Damaged |
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| Lavendar- "Rarely" Deer Damaged |
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| Sea Holly "Frequently" Deer Damaged Ooops! |
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| Lilyleaf Ladybell Couldn't find on Rutgers site, but listed as "Deer Resistant" on other sites |
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| Checkermallow "Occasionally" Deer Damaged |
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| Blanket Flower "Occasionally" Deer Damaged |
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| Tall Bearded Iris "Rarely" Deer Damaged |
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| Delphinium "Seldom" Deer Damaged |
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| Salvia "Seldom" Deer Damaged |
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| Catmint "Rarely" Deer Damaged |
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| Speedwell "Seldom" Deer Damaged |
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| Globe Thistle Couldn't find on Rutgers site, listed as "Deer Resistant" on others |
We shouldn't have gotten the Sea Holly, since that is a "Frequently Deer Damaged" plant. But since we had the two boys with us at the nursery, I consider only one error to be a success! We'll plant it in the middle and Mike will spray it with the deer spray, so hopefully they'll stay away.
We also moved some daffodils & lilies that we already had, and will continue to do this as we re-arrange some of the other flower beds.
Here's how we look all planted!
We put the larger plants against the garage wall, and small plants towards the front.
The very front row contains the bulbs (daffodils & lilies).
The plants will fill in as they grow, and we plan to continue to add to our variety, picking a new plant up when we run to a nursery or home improvement store for other things.
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