Maltese Cross Plant Deer Resistant
This bright red tall perennial is pest free and deer resistant.
Maltese cross plant deer resistant. Low maintenance and highly disease free this plant is also deer and rabbit resistant while it attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. We will see many day lilies catmint yarrow lavender liatris maltese cross to name a few. Plants form an upright clump of bright green leaves with taller stems in summer that bear large clusters of scarlet orange flowers. Butterflies hummingbirds and gardeners all love this old fashioned easy to grow deer resistant perennial.
Propagate by division or basal cuttings in early spring. Cover then lightly with soil and then keep them moist until germination. Maltese cross prefers consistently moist soil once transplanted outdoors. If you enter just a plant name you will see results from the old rhs plant finder and selector databases.
Where we are located in colorado springs there are a lot of deer. Sow seeds indoors in spring 6 to 8 weeks before the last spring frost date. Propagate by seed in pots in a cold frame as soon as seed is ripe or in spring. Discover and save your own pins on pinterest.
Cover then lightly with soil and then keep them moist until germination. The strong stems grow to be about 48 tall and will ignite the summer garden with huge bold color. Deadhead to encourage flowering then cut down in the fall. Clumps may be easily divided in spring or fall.
Jun 13 2015 this pin was discovered by shelly meyer mauss. These plants will have a lot more details displayed including an image. Our first attempt at planting a garden was stopped by an overnight herd of cows that decided they were going to eat all of our new plants. Take a tour with me to see what flowers are deer resistant and pest resistant in my garden.
In rich soils this may need to be staked to prevent flopping. Flowers are attractive to butterflies and possibly even hummingbirds. Sow seeds indoors in spring 6 to 8 weeks before the last spring frost date. Reliable and long lived.
Butterflies hummingbirds and gardeners all love this old fashioned easy to grow deer resistant perennial. Maltese cross youtube this bright red tall perennial is pest free and deer resistant. If you select any attributes with or without a plant name you will see a much narrower selection of results taken only from the old rhs plant selector database.