Comments on: Hollywood Juniper? Lovely, sculptural deer food

By: Morris

Morris — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:22:05 +0000

“Hungry deer will eat anything. You should spray a repellent on the plants. I use havahart’s deer off. I use it because it’s the only truly organic repellent there is. Itâ€™s the only one with the OMRI logo on the label. The label says it lasts for 3 months, so I barely have to apply it.
Here’s the repellent I use:
http://www.deeroff.com/advantage“

By: Sean O'Hara

Sean O'Hara — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:16 +0000

You think that's bad – you should see what out local landscape maintenance types do to Hollywood Junipers – this is where the term 'poodle tree' comes from!!

By: Luiz de Carvalho

Luiz de Carvalho — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:15:07 +0000

That looks like more the result of male deers rubbing their antlers than of deers eating the leaves. The product called Deer Off has worked well for us. You just spray on the trees. It keeps the deer off but it does not harm the trees

By: Chris M.

Chris M. — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:23:31 +0000

I work in a garden with Rhododendron that get eaten regularly but always manage to sprout back. What we do is cut back the bitten ends cleanly; all dead branches are cut.
I believe this will work for your juniper. It is slow growing so it will take a while to grow back but it will.
Next time you net it make sure you pin the net down with tent stakes or something strong that will not give. I also use bamboo stakes to hold the net away from the green.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:02:05 +0000

I’ve seen years where the deer will eat the lavender in late winter during snow melt. Lavender seems to do alright with that natural pruning. I’ve seen deer eat just about anything. I have a spreading native juniper that I need to prune that has survived the deer for fifty years with the help of protection (electric fences, screening ,or netting) This winter they ripped the cover off and began to browse from the crown of the shrub toward the tips. They ate 50% of the shrub. How would I prune it ? Do I take off the dead wood left by the deer or do I prune the tips in hopes that it would branch out in the areas that were so badly damaged.? Any ideas? I need to save this shrub.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:37:13 +0000

I garden in Canada and we have a product called “Deer away” by :Have a Heart”. It really works. In Spring when perennials are just coming up I surround the garden with an electric fence and just before bloom time spray everything with Deer Away . Then I take down the fence . The nice thing about this product is you don’t have to re apply it.