With the increasingly dry climate we experience in the Okanagan, many people have started to move away from plants and trees that require a lot of water and maintenance. These 8 plants below will also resist those deer around your property that want to eat everything in sight.
1. Blue Fescue (Grass) approx. size 12″ x 12″
A great candidate for borders, edging, in a mass planting as a ground cover, rock gardens, cottage gardens or city gardens.
2. Creeping Juniper (Ground Cover) approx. size 8″ x 4-6′ spread
A full sun lover, easily grown in average, medium moisture, well drained soils. Works great as a ground cover or in rock gardens.
3. Lavender (Flower) approx. size 18″ x 18″
Thrives in full sun and blooms from mid to late summer. It is drought, deer, rabbit and dry soil tolerant. Bees and butterflies love Lavender.
4. Black Eyed Susan (Flower) approx. size 18″ x 18″
Will thrive in full sun or partial shade. Robust and low maintenance. Attractive to butterflies but deer and rabbit resistant. drought tolerant.
5. Cotoneaster (Ground Cover) approx. size 2′ x 4′
Creeping cotoneaster is a dense, low growing, spreading shrub used as a ground cover. Works well in rock gardens, or cascading over rock walls. drought tolerant.
6. Oregon Grape Holly (Shrub) approx. size 1-8′ x 3-6′
A part or full shade lover, is easily grown in organically rich, moist soils. This deer resistant shrub is native to the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia to Northern California.
7. Sumac (Shrub) Staghorn approx. size 8′ x 6-12′
Loves full sun or part shade. This plant is easily grown in average, moist, well-drained soils. Drought, dry soil or rocky soil tolerant. Rabbit and deer resistant.
8. Sumac (Shrub) Smooth approx. size 3-10′ x 3-10′
Loves full sun or part shade. Perfect for landscape areas with poor soil or for naturalizing in wild areas. This plant works great for slope stabilization. (erosion control) Is resistant to drought, rabbits, deer and rocky soils.
If you are wanting some plants and shrubs installed that are native to the Okanagan and will stand up to those hungry deer, as well as our climate, contact us today. We will be happy to help.