Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Bromeliad growing area, 3 by olddude

olddude wrote:
After an all out attack on my bromeliad collection when several Key Deer pushed their way into my fenced pool area I have moved most of the plants under the Buttonwood trees (Conocarpis erectis) that border my driveway. This has been an ongoing project requiring repoting, trimming damaged leaves and in some cases mounting plants on the trees.

The easiest way to defeat K. deer is to go above them thus the hanging wire baskets. Wire baskets also allows the soil to dry quickly...always a benefit when growing broms.

These deer are really not that fond of broms but during the dry season they will munch on most anything and with these plants that means a year or more recovery to return to their former glory.

This will take a while for me to upload all the images so I hope not to bore you and please show your own growing areas in this thread.

First the driveway and then some deer damage.

Scott