Columbine Flower Deer Resistant

This deer resistant perennial can become quite large under the right growing conditions.

Columbine flower deer resistant. The most widely grown bleeding heart is lamprocapnos spectabilis formerly known as dicentra spectabilis. Sow columbine seeds directly into the ground in the spring. This variety of columbine flowers is exceptionally disease resistant as well as rabbit and deer resistant. With their dangling bell like shape and spurs at the back there is nothing else quite them.

With frilly chartreuse flowers alchemilla will light up your shadiest garden. Russian sage is an easy to care for perennial that requires full sun and well draining soil. Like many native plants columbines are deer resistant too. Allow the plant to self seed and it will produce many volunteer seedlings.

Allowing deer to access some of your. Astilbe bridal veil visions and fanal make a nice mix. Although they prefer a well drained loamy soil they grow in a variety of conditions. Deer resistant aquilegia spp ornamental plants deer though native to our area and very cute can do untold damage to your garden overnight.

Columbines have truly unique looking flowers. Because columbines bloom in almost every color these easy to grow perennials are popular garden plants. Their blooms disappear in early summer but their lacy foliage makes an attractive landscape plant all season long. A 6 8 deerproof fence is the best insurance against damage but will only send the deer into your neighbors yards which doesn t solve the problem.

Aquilegia blue star light up your garden with blue stars from this special columbine deer resistant perennial. When that happens it is a spectacular plant as the species name suggests. The flowers are red and yellow growing up to 2 inches in size. In fall the foliage turns purple or red.

Aquilegia mckana giant mix with long tails aquilegia mckana giant is a hummingbird favorite. While they look delicate columbine are very hardy and resilient being deer resistant and drought tolerant. The drought tolerant plant offers aromatic foliage with beautiful sky blue flowers that bloom from mid summer to mid fall. The bell shaped spurred flowers which appear in spring and early summer are a hummingbird favorite too.

They also seed themselves around the garden saving you the hassle of resowing seeds each year. The upright deer resistant plant will spread up to 38 inches with a maximum height of 32 inches. Deer resistant plants for shade. A north american native columbine aquilegia canadensis is a super easy deer resistant spring bloomer that comes in a wide variety of colors and bicolors.

One of our favorite deer resistant perennials are bleeding hearts lamprocapnos spectabilis aka dicentra spectabilis. It has won the prestigious award of garden merit from the royal horticultural society.