Deer Resistant Decorative Grasses

And with a name like blue fescue you know the color really a bluish gray which is what glauca means in latin is a major selling point.

Deer resistant decorative grasses. Plants with lush foliage and high water content such as hostas. Thrives in sand or clay. Fescue grass blue fescue festuca glauca is a fescue grass rarely damaged by deer feeding according to the rutgers new jersey agricultural experiment station. Planting deer resistant ornamental grasses is your best option for protecting your landscape.

Shop calamagrostis karl foerster feather reed grass. The idea behind deer resistant gardening is to fill your yard with plants they dont prefer in hopes the deer will simply give up and go someplace more appetizing. This ornamental grass is drought tolerant and does best in full sun. Blue fescue festuca glauca is a deer resistant sun loving ornamental grass with icy blue foliage and pale yellow flowers.

Deer grass muhlenbergia rigens is recommended for usda zones 6 through 11. Some growers like to grow it next to plants that display silvery foliage. In general deer prefer. Best ever mid size ornamental grass for screening or privacy.

Sometimes the damage is merely cosmetic and the plant can recover. Add herbs such as lavender to discourage deer. Its deep root system makes this species a good. Deer drought proof.

Get free shipping on qualified deer resistant ornamental grasses or buy online pick up in store today in the outdoors department. During a cold winter or at other times when natural food sources are low your landscape can be devastated by deer feeding on shrubs and small trees. Long blooming perennial favorite among garden designers. Landscape shrubs are not the preferred food for white tailed deer but deer will still eat them in a pinch.

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