I have a list of deer resistant plants, but I would like to make sure that they are not invasive in our area. We purchased some property between Houston and Austin and have sandy soil just only a foot or so down. Frostweed, are you there or anyone who might have some ideas?
Thank you,
Carol
Non-invasive and deer resistant Texas native plants
Well, can you let us see the list?
Is it this one? http://www.npsot.org/plant_lists/deer_resistant.html
Also, here is the list of Texas invasive plants, http://www.texasinvasives.org/Invasives_Database/Invasives.html
I think with these two sites you should be able to make some good choices, but if you want me to check on certain plants that you are considering I will be happy to do that.
Josephine.
Thank you Josephine. The list I have is that of John Lipe, Texas A&M., but I no longer see it on the web. I want to attract wildlife but try to avoid the deer. I haven't had any experience with Santolina spp., Blackfoot Daisy, Cedar Sage (Salvia roemeriana) Agarita (red) nor Evergreen sumac so thought I might give those a try.
Carol
I have had santolina. I had a grey one and a green one. One is hardier than the other, but I can't remember which one is which.
Blackfoot is a wonderful little plant. It kind of cascades over and down. I think it's considered a short lived perennial, because it only lasts about 3 years, but it reseeds. Great plant.
Silverfluter, thank you, I definitely will plant the santolina and the Blackfoot. I have no idea if the Houston Native Plant Society still exists. Their website is outdated, so I will check that out.
Thanks, Carol
Carol, Cedar Sage is great as a native groundcover, it can take shade and it is evergreen, Agarita is also good although a slow grower, but being prickly should keep the deer from eating it. Evergreen sumac is probably distasteful to them. They are all Native and evergreen so they sound like great choices to me.
The Houston chapter of NPSOT is alive and well, I just read their report for 2006, they have 163 members.
Maybe they don't have a webmaster to keep the site up.
Josephine.
Josephine, ou-eeeee, glad to hear that. Now off to locate them. I should probably already have them in the ground. DH's favorite plant is azalea; I tried to convince him the deer will eat those before he has them in the ground, but he bought five anyway. He still doesn't realize that I have changed the route and going for Tx. natives. Maybe there is a native azalea, but I know not. Will for sure check into NPSOT, Thanks again,
Carol
Carol, I am glad I was able to help. Believe or not, there are four azaleas that are native to Texas.
Go to this link ; http://www.nativeplantsoftexas.org/ and type azalea in the search by name box, you will see all of them with links to Dave's and other sites so you can find out more about them. Be sure to read the instructions for searching, you will have a lot of fun.
Josephine.
Thanks bunches; I will check it out. Have no idea what DH bought, and he's not a gardener, but he was actually looking over my shoulder when I said azalea. Hey, he's mellowing in his older age. You would be proud. We planted 12 wax myrtles yesterday here in Alvin and will plant more at the sandy yard. The neighbors probably will excommunicate us because of all the birds that will be arriving. Isn't spring in the air! I'm loving it. Hope you all have a nice weekend.
Carol
Carol, that is just wonderful, and yes I am proud of you. I hope you will be able to gather a great collection of native plants and be the envy of your neighborhood. Keep up the good work.
Josephine.