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Fall Planting to Foil the Deer
THERE’S A GROUP OF FOUR — two does and two yearlings — that lives here, too. And they seem to feel my garden is their pantry. When I was kneeling out there today, putting in some of the supposedly deer-resistant … Continue reading →
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Tagged Agway, astilbe, begonia, berberis thunbergii, bergenia cordifolia, boxwoods, Bridgehampton, brunnera macrophylla, buxus sempervirens Aureo--Variegata, caladium, compost, cranesbill, deer, deer fence, deer-resistant perennials, deer-resistant plants, discounts, dwarf bamboo, East Hampton, euphorbia glacier blue, feather reed grass, gooseneck loosestrife, Hren, itea virginica sprich, Japanese anemone, lambs ear, ligularia, ligularia dentata othello, Lonicera nitida Lemon Beauty, Marder's, mulch, pleioblastus viridistriat, Rose Glow Japanese barberry, slugs, spurge, stachys silver carpet, sweetspire little henry, variegated
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Home Improvements
THIS MORNING I WAS GREETED BY A SURPRISE VISITOR: a 4-foot foxglove in sudden, outrageous bloom in the woods just beyond my property line. Reading up on it, I came upon the phrase “naturalistic woodland garden.” That’s what I want … Continue reading →
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Tagged barberries, columbine, cottage, deer-resistant, East Hampton, ferns, foxglove, meadow rue, naturalistic, shade-tolerant, Springs, spurge, wisteria, woodland garden
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