The war on Bambi
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Deer are a persistent garden pest and their increasing numbers suggest the problem will grow, but a number of deterrent measures are available. Fear-based measures include radios, dogs, or irregular garden visits to make the deer think attack is imminent. Contact deterrents use substances applied to the plant to make it taste bad, while area deterrents use others placed in the area to make it smell unappealing. Barriers and deer-resistant plants are other possibilities, but none are universally effective.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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All that glitters...
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The Environmental Pest Plant Council and Michael Dirr's 'Manual of Woody Landscape Plants' both list many invasive plants that are problems in various states of the US. These plants include kudzu, loosestrife, cotoneaster, privet (esp Ligustrum sinese), heavenly bamboo, crown vetch, English ivy, periwinkle, porcelain-berry, five-leaved akebia, autumn and Russian olives, Japanese honeysuckle, oriental bittersweet, and spirea. Many are still popular with govt agencies and landscape architects.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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Born to be wild
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Invasive exotic plants have several characteristics in common and often share them with ideal gardening plants as well. They tend to be early and prolific sexual reproducers, generating large numbers of easily spread seeds several times a year; they can keep seeds viable for several years; and they can also reproduce vegetatively after being damaged. Many invade disturbed land, interrupting the cycle of native invasion, and some have no natural enemies in their new home.
Publication Name: American Horticulturist
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0096-4417
Year: 1995
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