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spinbaby

(15,219 posts) Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:10 PM Aug 2020

Anyone have experience with hellebores? [View all]

The deer ate my hostas again even though I doused them in Liquid Fence, so I was poking around the internets looking for a shade perennial that deer don’t like. Helleborus seems to fit the bill, but I have no experience with them. I know that they bloom in very early spring and actually seem to look spectacular When they bloom, but have no idea if they look presentable through the summer.

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Anyone have experience with hellebores? [View all] spinbaby Aug 2020 OP

is liquid fence the same as Deer Off? samnsara Aug 2020 #1

Probably spinbaby Aug 2020 #2

Helebores are great bloomers RainCaster Aug 2020 #3

We used Pepper Spray to fend off Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #4

Have you tried a systemic repellent? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #5

I'm not that attached to the hostas spinbaby Aug 2020 #6

Unless you pony up for the expensive newer hybrids, the flowers, while nice, aren't that impressive. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2020 #7

Thanks for the info spinbaby Aug 2020 #8

Buying-one-or-two-and-planning-to-divide-or-propagate-by-cuttings Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2020 #9

Thanks! spinbaby Aug 2020 #10

An update spinbaby Sep 2020 #11