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RobLaffin said:Here's a few:
Golden Plover:

• Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Golden Plover')
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Adeline Goldner:



Jersey Spider kid (I have many):



A quick hint re: deer. If you have dogs, feed them real meat (I generally feed mine chicken thighs with rice) for a while, then put the poop around where you don't want deer. Deer are instinctively afraid of carnivore poop and will beat a hasty retreat. You don't have to do this very long before they X you off their map and avoid your property altogether even after you stop with the poop. My garden is in a clearing in the middle of the woods where there are lots of deer and I do the poop thing a few times in the spring and again in the fall and have zero deer problems.

These all work. Any chance you could put the photo of GOLDEN PLOVER in the database? There isn't one there currently. The seedling looks to be just about the perfect color, but without being registered, I don't know how I could keep up with it on the list of possibilities. How tall is it?

That's a great tip on the deer. I have a dog who is making his deposits outside the yard parameter. An advantage to living in the country. Sadly he's finicky and not a hearty chow hound. I honestly don't know where he comes up with his boundless energy without more of an appetite. He has springs for leg bones and he never seems to tire. Maybe, though, I just need to adjust his diet a bit and see if the deer stay further afield. It's just the last couple of weeks that I've seen their tracks so close. All they've damaged so far was a Sempervivum.