Comments on: Boxwood: Deer Proof Evergreen Shrub http://www.deerproofgardens.com/boxwood-deer-proof-evergreen-shrub/ Proven methods to protect your landscape from deer damage Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: barbra http://www.deerproofgardens.com/boxwood-deer-proof-evergreen-shrub/comment-page-1/#comment-916 barbra Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:26:43 +0000 http://deerproofgardens.com/?p=64#comment-916 @Dymphna, I'm sorry to hear that about your boxwood. Just goes to prove that it's hard to predict what will be deer resistant 100% of the time. What a shame about your boxwood. Try putting a barrier (netting or wire) around them until they get bigger. Some things are more deer resistant once the new growth has hardened off. That's what I've found in my landscape with leafy evergreen plants such as salal. @Dymphna, I’m sorry to hear that about your boxwood. Just goes to prove that it’s hard to predict what will be deer resistant 100% of the time. What a shame about your boxwood. Try putting a barrier (netting or wire) around them until they get bigger. Some things are more deer resistant once the new growth has hardened off. That’s what I’ve found in my landscape with leafy evergreen plants such as salal.

]]> By: Dymphna http://www.deerproofgardens.com/boxwood-deer-proof-evergreen-shrub/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Dymphna Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:32:29 +0000 http://deerproofgardens.com/?p=64#comment-909 By the way, they DON' T eat rosemary...the name above reminded me. This spring I'm growing lettuce on the porch until I can put up an electric fence. By the way, they DON’ T eat rosemary…the name above reminded me.

This spring I’m growing lettuce on the porch until I can put up an electric fence.

]]> By: Dymphna http://www.deerproofgardens.com/boxwood-deer-proof-evergreen-shrub/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Dymphna Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:30:57 +0000 http://deerproofgardens.com/?p=64#comment-908 Deer have eaten all my boxwood to nubbins. I think the plants may still be alive (some of the sticks they left are green) so I dug them up and put them closer to the house so I can treat them more frequently. blood meal does help with repelling them, but not voles, which eat all my tulip bulbs. Deer have eaten all my boxwood to nubbins. I think the plants may still be alive (some of the sticks they left are green) so I dug them up and put them closer to the house so I can treat them more frequently.

blood meal does help with repelling them, but not voles, which eat all my tulip bulbs.

]]> By: Rosemary http://www.deerproofgardens.com/boxwood-deer-proof-evergreen-shrub/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Rosemary Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:33:16 +0000 http://deerproofgardens.com/?p=64#comment-8 Thank you for this. I was wondering if boxwood was deer proof, and your article has answered my question. Thank you for this. I was wondering if boxwood was deer proof, and your article has answered my question.

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