Japanese Maple Deer Resistant
Deer have eaten the new leaves from a number of the new japanese maples i planted.
Japanese maple deer resistant. Deer resistant trees japanese red maple red maple tree care wildlife. Deer will not bite this winning landscape tree. Growth is slow to moderate and it assumes a layered look with. Weeping cascading and elegant canopies.
There are many japanese maple varieties that display different shapes. My favorite types of trees are flowering trees and my favorite tree is the japanese red maple. We have a terrible deer problem in my neighborhood and they have attacked my japanese maples only once. Facebook twitter pinterest googleplus linkedin.
This can lead to disease and a weakened tree. This tree is mildly resistant to damage by deer. Last year i planted over 20 japanese maples which i purchased from a specialist grower who was retiring and put protective plastic netting around and over them to keep them safe from deer while they are young. Mountain laurel kalmia latifolia nandina.
Other deer resistant trees. Japanese plum yew cephalotaxus juniper especially j. I seem to remember not spraying oil on jm leaves. Can i spray the leaves with deer pham animalskyyd or will this hurt the plant.
The best time for pruning is july august when sap won t ooze from the branches. Miscanthus ornamental grasses not a shrub but because of its size sometimes can be used in place of shrubs. I had bought the acontifolium as a newly grafted plant and grew it in a pot on my deck for the first year and planted it late last winter. Lilacs except miss kim magnolias deciduous species.
Deer resistant plants hydrangeas peonies hostas dogwood trees. I haven t found that the deer bother with our older maples but worry that the younger plants might be more tempting. Japanese maples are an exception to the common pruning times of fall and winter because of the sap that will ooze from the cuts in those seasons. The japanese maple is a short tree in the sapindaceae family native to southest korea and central and south japan noted for having many aesthetically pleasing forms.
Twisted branches add shape and texture to the garden landscape.