tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post3608468080198962514..comments2024-03-16T22:08:36.509-05:00Comments on Rock-Oak-Deer: Foliage Follow-Up February 2013: Foliage makes the winter gardenShirley Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-28297819794525845672013-02-18T18:30:43.609-06:002013-02-18T18:30:43.609-06:00Keeping one step ahead of the deer is an ongoing c...Keeping one step ahead of the deer is an ongoing challenge. Their tastes seem to keep changing. Your garden is looking great, so you must be doing something right.rickihttp://bannersbyricki.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-70659562830764012592013-02-17T19:40:13.172-06:002013-02-17T19:40:13.172-06:00Your front garden is very nice - another source of...Your front garden is very nice - another source of inspiration for me as a I research my own gravel garden. And I hope the deer leave your palm alone in the future! Can't they see how nice it is? :)Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14441140267067281722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-12926612498281783692013-02-17T16:14:00.834-06:002013-02-17T16:14:00.834-06:00You are just a bit colder there and it's amazi...You are just a bit colder there and it's amazing the difference. Just between here and Austin only an hour or so north is a big difference in what can grow.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-64293061033802710002013-02-17T16:12:39.062-06:002013-02-17T16:12:39.062-06:00Awww, that's so sweet. He didn't knock th...Awww, that's so sweet. He didn't knock the top off so it will recover. I think next spring we will protect the agaves. The deer have scratched up the nearby A. Americana quite a bit.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-38291315917003296842013-02-17T16:10:51.343-06:002013-02-17T16:10:51.343-06:00I'm sure it would look exotic to you, just as ...I'm sure it would look exotic to you, just as I see hellebores and sigh.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-47929959822296437802013-02-17T16:10:05.927-06:002013-02-17T16:10:05.927-06:00It can be fun to have deer and then again not fun ...It can be fun to have deer and then again not fun either. I tried to repeat plants and bring silvery gray and yellows across to relate each section to the whole.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-55629938915068227862013-02-17T16:08:24.649-06:002013-02-17T16:08:24.649-06:00Those driveway treatment ideas are on the radar bu...Those driveway treatment ideas are on the radar but far down on the list for now. The only time it bothers me is when I take the photos.<br /><br />We are enjoying the low plants in the island at this stage and it would be a problem with the sidewalk as it grows since the spot is very narrow. The soft leaf yuccas will grow up there eventually.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-3806077173683292492013-02-17T16:04:39.923-06:002013-02-17T16:04:39.923-06:00Less deer would be nice. There are two palms out ...Less deer would be nice. There are two palms out front and the most visible one is fine. So far so good.<br /><br />Spectacular is a nice word, probably wouldn't have come up with that myself but I like it.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-48733221013993517012013-02-17T16:02:27.189-06:002013-02-17T16:02:27.189-06:00It's so tough to anticipate what the deer will...It's so tough to anticipate what the deer will do next. We have moved some small boulders around it so they can't get their footing in the future.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-42623221706560601112013-02-17T15:51:35.623-06:002013-02-17T15:51:35.623-06:00You've done well with your driveway plantings....You've done well with your driveway plantings. I just love lavender. I bet it looks fabulous when the gold lantana blooms next to it! My salvias aren't green through the winter. So interesting what just a bit of zone difference makes!HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-74138223485968181532013-02-16T23:33:50.402-06:002013-02-16T23:33:50.402-06:00Like the others I am shocked and saddened about yo...Like the others I am shocked and saddened about your Bismarckia. How horrible. Glad your Agave ovatafolia is unscathed.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-86268581380464874772013-02-16T21:37:27.977-06:002013-02-16T21:37:27.977-06:00Looking really good! And so different compared to ...Looking really good! And so different compared to and English front garden!! Nice and exotic with all those cacti.HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-68476789600845569232013-02-16T20:20:13.066-06:002013-02-16T20:20:13.066-06:00Your front garden has great flow! Good luck with ...Your front garden has great flow! Good luck with the deer - that's one blight I've never had to contend with.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-83723611246623915842013-02-16T14:48:01.937-06:002013-02-16T14:48:01.937-06:00Looking nice, a preview of Abq gardens in April! C...Looking nice, a preview of Abq gardens in April! Concrete expanse - more later, but a few saw-cut joints and powder coloring, or just different bands, may be worth looking at. Still wish you could move that palm to that center island, but probably not protected enough. <br /><br />Wabbit season? No - deer season!David C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16897398037657414471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-71524734758884436922013-02-16T09:24:29.905-06:002013-02-16T09:24:29.905-06:00O.K. this is war! No one messes with Shirley's...O.K. this is war! No one messes with Shirley's Bismarkia! I was growing it vicariously through your posts and now this. More Rock, same amount of Oak, less Deer! Much the same all year is not a bad thing when "the same" is spectacular! outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-38934325240761092902013-02-16T08:52:36.316-06:002013-02-16T08:52:36.316-06:00It's all looking really good.
Deer are so mu...It's all looking really good. <br />Deer are so much 'help' in the garden.....NOT! Hope the palm comes back strong and quickly. So far, they've left our one palm alone.<br />Spraying here sometimes works...sometimes not. If we don't get some rain, so that the wild things grow, I'm afraid things will get even worse.<br /><br />Have a great weekend.Linda/patchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-4005313100342377702013-02-16T07:41:56.270-06:002013-02-16T07:41:56.270-06:00I love your "statement piece," of course...I love your "statement piece," of course, and it all adds plenty of green and even yellow to the winter garden, without the need of any flower. I'm sure when those appear it feels like the icing on the cake. I'm sorry about your palm being antlered -- those darn deer! They like to rub their antlers on a particular softleaf yucca in my front garden, so I spray deer repellant on it every couple of weeks during the winter.Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.com