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Creeping Oxeye
Wedelia, or Creeping Oxeye is classified as both a weed, a plant and a wildflower. We have friends cursing us for sharing this plant. It is very invasive and must be controlled, by hand. (more)
Duranta
The Golden Dewdrop, also known as the Pigeonberry or Skyflower is part of a genus of about 30 species of evergreen trees and shrubs found in the tropical south of the U.S. It's a very endearing flower. (more)
The Southern Gardener's Book of Lists
This resource book will provides a very specific plant material lists for the southeast region of the United States. (more)
Here is the question of the week from Emily's Mailbox:
April 23, 2012
Emily: The deer ate all of my hawthorns as candy!
Dear Emily: I live in Florida and I'm limited to what I can have in my garden. We have many deer and they ate all of my hawthorns as candy. I'm running out of ideas. What I can plant that deer don't like.....HELP!!!
A: Deer like almost anything, but here is a web site that I found that has dear resistant plant lists. http://www.deerxlandscape.com/
There was also a list in Rodale's "Landscape Problem Solver" and a list in the "Southern Living Gardening Guide".
Many of the landscape and problem books had other suggestions: deer repellent, moth balls sprinkled around the yard, hot peppers sprinkled around (which we have used very successfully but you need a lot of pepper and it will not survive rains), soap on strings hanging from trees, fences (tall or multiple).
When we lived in South Carolina backing up to woods the deer had lots to eat in the woods so only ate our expensive hosta plants which I protected with ground up hot peppers. The fence around our yard (which was not put up to deter deer) was five feet tall and the deer treated it like it was not there.
Catch up with our friend Patrick Vickery in Scotland:
May Your Lawn Mower Be Non-explosive.
We bought a salmon crumble. It was very tasty. On the packet it said that you can follow this particular brand of salmon crumble on Twitter. Has the world gone mad? (more)