O.K. Deer wander at will here at BelleWood Gardens. A hunter or two come in the fall, take a deer or two, share the free-range venison that forages on my plants. But this is too much! I grow cannas. On June 3rd I shoved the last few overlooked, unlabeled, tubers,into bottomless tire planter. Aha! Very pleased as they started to come up to discover one set is Canna 'Bengal Tiger' (or maybe it is 'Pretoria", anyone know how to tell them apart?) and the other set is C. 'Tropicana'. Heretofore, the deer have never eaten cannas.Until last night. Pictures in sequence - mother and child, taken out a window, June 11. Decorative ceramic pot of 'Bengal Tiger', June 23 Decorative ceramic pot of 'Tropicana', June 23 What had been 'Bengal Tiger' in bottomless tire planter, June 23 What had been 'Tropicana' in bottomless tire planter, June 23 Threw some Milorganite around the eaten down cannas. It's early enough in the season that I think I'll still get a show. But am I furious. I know to protect hostas and hemerocallis. Not fair starting to eat cannas! Does the collective wisdom of the PBS think the large cannas are safe from buck / doe / fawn depredation? Judy in western New Jersey where coping with wildlife just got frustratingly more interesting -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Doe and Fawn_2020-06_fawn nursing.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 193764 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BelleWood in Bloom_2020-06_Canna Bengal Tiger.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 168745 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BelleWood in Bloom_2020-06_Canna Bengal Tiger-cropped by deer.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 121821 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BelleWood in Bloom_2020-06_Canna Tropicana.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 151880 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BelleWood in Bloom_2020-06_Canna Tropicana-cropped by deer.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 170557 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
