I tried the Vicks Vaporub solution on a few stakes in front of some of my daylilies last evening, though I did not get them put out everywhere. I have five + beds of daylilies; the one I staked is the smallest, near the house, and in which the deer have previously munched. Last night they stayed out of that bed - and cleaned out my biggest one. So maybe this does work. I'll have to place more stakes to be certain but it's promising. I like the helium balloon suggestion but I'd also couple that with another deterrent as I don't think that would be enough to keep them out. I just purchased two solar powered sonic animal repellers from Amazon and will let you know how those work.
