Many thanks for the comments. They are very valued.
These crown imperial groups are both in the same bed. It's sort of an experimental area where the hellebores live and the bulbs come to visit. Crown imperial are fun to use as they add an early vertical accent.
Time to show one of these groups shot from a completley different angle and with a wide angle lens:
Quite a different view!
I'm very happy to have been able to restore this dry area behind a big pine tree to once again host tulips. The deer ate all the Darwin tulips once growing here. Now I spray them.
Sorry deer, no more food for you.
Someone might wonder if simply growing Crown Imperials don't deter deer. Well, I have seen deer eat happily on plants just beside them, so I would say that it didn't work for me. Others may have better luck and I would emphasize luck in that sentence.
Traditional Crown Imperials on their own are however 100% deer proof in my garden. This year I also grow quite a few low odor cultivars and no damage to them either. But this is early days and they grow among the others so might confuse hungry gormand deer some as they look the same. Time will tell.
