They eat my supposedly "deer resistant" plants too. I guess the MD deer don't have discriminating palates. lol Of course they still like my rare and or expensive plants best.

I feel your pain. I too have been suffering with the explosion of the deer population.....living in a rural area doesn't help. For years, I used to tolerate the odd nibble on various plants, but now if I don't fence off my L shaped row of cedar trees in front, and the plants within...I would be left with sticks. The deer fencing (bird netting) just didn't work for me, they cut it with their hooves and entered. I had to upgrade to a heavy netting used by fishermen. I built a permanent wooden fence in the back of my yard and am in the process of moving deer favorites to the back. Unfortunately I can't move the trees as they are too old, will just replace in a few years. Ones they aren't supposed to like, but forgot to read the manual and thus eat are...crocus, weigela, kalmia, clematis, blue fescue grass, yucca and iris. They have left alone; spireas, mugo pine, kolkwitzia, crocosmia, bleeding heart, heuchera, hellebore, snow drops, allium, columbine, ferns and artemsia. I does seem to be changing all the time though. Good Luck

That has always been a good resource. They keep it updated, too. Cameron

George, I am living in an isolated land base that has allowed the deer population to exceed dangerous deer pop./per sq mile ratios in NE. One of the interesting concerns we are now facing is the deer are doing tremendous damage to the native plant population. That said the small current concession to the problem has been to add an addition week on to the hunting season. When I read your thoughts re gooseneck I wanted to suggest to you even if you appreciated the plant when it was not in flower it looks really raty after being deer pruned and will send energy to the root system to promote more deer food that can not only look raty but as you know be near to impossible to get rid of. If you are still on the fence re: this choice I will look through some old photo's to see if I can visually dis-wade you. kt