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Perennial Flowers
Common Name Latin Name Bee-Balm/Oswego Tea Monarda didyma *Black-Eyed Susan/Yellow Daisy Rudbeckia hirta Bleeding Heart, Pink Dicentra eximia Bleeding Heart, Showy Dicentra spectabilis Butterfly Weed/Pleurisy Root Asclepias tuberose Caneflower, Echinacea purpurea Carnation, Laced Romeo Dianthus spp. Chantreyland Viola Viola cornuta Clara Curtis Daisy Zewardski rubella *Columbine Aguilegia spp. *Crane’s Bill Geranium carlineum Crocus Crocus spp. Daffodils Narcissus spp. **Dame’s Rocket Hesperis matronalis Dwarf Lilac Syringa patula Feverfew Chrysanthemum parthenium Geranium spp. Geranium spp. Golden Sedum Sedum kamtschaticum *Goldenrod Solidago spp. Iris Iris spp. Jewel of Persia Nepeta faassenii Lavender Lavandula spica *Lupine, Wild Lupinus perennis *Marsh Bellflower Campanula apatinoides *New England Blazing Star Liatris scariosa Red Sedum Creeper Sedum spurium Rose Campion or Mullein – Pink Lychnis coronaria Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia Scabiosa, Pink Mist Scabiosa columbaria Snowmound/Candytuft Iberis sempervirens Summer/Fall Phlox Phlox paniculata Trillium Trillium spp. *Wild Bergamot Monarda ristulosa Trees Common Name Latin Name Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia Box Elder Acer negundo *Chinese Dogwood Cornus kousa chinensis Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens **+Cranberry Cotoneaster Cotoneaster apiculatus Eastern Red Cedar Jupiperius virginiana English Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata *+Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida **Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos Magnolia spp. Magnolia spp. **Norway Spruce Picea abies *+Sassafras (Common, Red, White) Sassafras albidum Shad/Serviceberry Amalanchier spp. Smokebush/Smoketree Cotinus coggyria **Sweet Gum/Red Gum Liquidambar styraciflua *Washington Hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum *White Spruce Picea glauca
Shrubs Common Name Latin Name American Andromeda Pieris floribunda *+American Holly Tree Ilex opaca *Bearberry Aretostaphylos spp. Boxwood Buxus sempervirens Brower’s Beauty Andromeda Pieris x ‘Brower’s Beauty’ **Butterfly Bush Buddleia spp. Castor Bean Ricinus communis China Girl Holly Ilex x meservieae Golden Bell/Early Forsythia Forsythia spp. Japanese Andromeda Pieris japonica *Northern Bayberry/Candleberry Morella pennsylvanica Redvein Enkianthus Enkianthus campanulatus **Rose of Sharon Hibiscus syriacus **Southern Bayberry Myrica gale *Spiraea or Meadowsweet Spiraea latifolia *Steeplebush Spiracea tomentosa *Swamp Fetterbush Eubotrys racemosa *Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia **Yucca Yucca filamentosa
*species native to Rhode Island **species not native to Rhode Island +species preferred by many birds for food or nesting
Repellents Homemade repellents are effective and affordable. Repellents should be applied before deer become habituated to plants and reapplied regularly. �� Repellents work best when damage is low. Success with homemade repellents is variable and may be of little help during late winter and early spring, when deer fat reserves are depleted. Spray Recipes: Garlic Spray – Makes 1 quart 4 eggs 2 oz. red pepper sauce 2 oz. chopped garlic Add just under 1 quart of water Stir thoroughly and strain 1 quart is enough for 16 bushes for one week Sour Milk Repellent – Makes 1 gallon 1 egg ½ cup milk Mix with 1 tsp. cooking oil 1 tbp. dish detergent 1 gallon of water Spray on plants, repeat after rain. Hot Pepper Spray – Makes 1 gallon 2 tsp. hot pepper 1 tsp. liquid dish soap 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 gallon of water Spray on plants, repeat after rain.
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