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tomf
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Working a new area.

I cleared the brush and weedy trees from this area. It is a little raw right now and it was dark and rainy when I took the photo. I will make some benches and maybe a statue or some yard art to make it more park like. Part of my work is fire prevention the area was full of brush and I had made a few trail through it but now it is cleaned up.

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Probably too late now but I could envision a sea of blue bells, daffs and others in the springtime. Costco has the best deal but you need to be early like September.
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Hosta with them ferns?

Azaleas and rhodies?

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Rhodies, azaleas, salmonberry, thimbleberry, filbert, salla, heuchera, more sword fern.
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I am thinking of putting in some rodies and more ferns. The deer eat hostas and azaleas so I have to be careful of where I put them. They have even eaten the azakeas and hostas right next to the house. I will also use some native plants but for the most part I want to keep it some what open for fire and ease of taking care of it.

So the vote is in and rodies won. :wink:
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Hope the Root weevil doesn't win :) Go for a thicker leaf rhododendron.

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Thanks Marlingardener I wiill not do that much to it maybe move a few ferns in and a few rodies and make a bench and such.
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Rhodies aren't exactly deer proof either...

There are some less deer bitten than others; the dwarf R. yakusimanum has a furry underside to the leah (inudentum) that makes them less palatable to the hooved piranhas... nice sizes too...

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THG I am not sure very much is deer proof, but I have had good luck with rodies so far. I did have a few get some what eaten by the elk. As for azaleas that one would think are like rodies the think they are candy.
Every thing I plant has to have the wild life in mind. With that in mind I have a number of cherry trees that got big so I just let the birds eat the cherries. I am into having good wild life habitat.


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