Viewing post #468232 by virginiarose

Polymerous said:Wow.... Amazing how different the deer can be, from one garden to another. I have to wonder if maybe (to some degree) it is a species thing.

Here the deer are Black Tailed Deer. (It is either an offshoot of Mule Deer, or vice versa... I think even the scientists aren't quite sure.) Maybe your deer, Lyn, are Mule Deer, and have different tastes?

Or maybe it's just that my deer prefer to eat the daylilies and Pelargonium and Gerbera blooms, and my tall hedges (whatever they are made of...).

You might be on to something there! Out in the country we have White Tail Deer and maybe they like different things and have different taste? Their main food is Acorns, but maybe it's all about availability. If acorns have a bad year they might be eating daylilies.