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Ebook: THE DEER RESISTANT DESIGN BOOK GUIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FENCE-FREE GARDENS THAT THRIVE DESPITE THE DEER
Author: James Shelby PH.D
- Tags: Gardening Nonfiction GAR022000
- Year: 2020
- Publisher: James Shelby PH.D
- Language: English
- epub
If you're looking for a sweet-smelling plant you'll love but the deer won't, flowering tobacco is it. There are several different garden-worthy flowering tobacco species, cultivars, and hybrids. Nicotiana alata and N. sylvestris are two of my favorites. All nicotianas have tubular flowers adored by hummingbirds, and since the blooms emit their fragrance in the evenings, the primary pollinators you'll spy feeding on them are nocturnal moths. Just keep this amazing plant away from your tomato plants because it can attract tomato and tobacco hornworms that may then lay eggs on your tomatoes. Still, it's a deer-resistant annual plant that's well worth growing. Plus, it's easy to start from seed and has no pest or disease issues.
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