colchicum leaves for dinner
DaveKarn@aol.com (Wed, 08 Jun 2005 23:14:25 PDT)

In a message dated 6/8/05 6:48:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
janemcgary@earthlink.net writes:

Jane ~

I grow a number of martagon hybrid lilies and many of them have dark stems --
reddish brown-red -- I guess one could call the coloring. Some are so dark
that black is not out of the question! One of the first years I grew them, the
deer discovered them in late summer and virtually ate them to the ground --
the stems must have tasted particularly good! Since then, the patch has been
fenced and no problem. Aside from something like saddle of venison, fencing is
the only permanent solution to the problem for the average gardener.

Have you had any experience with the various sprays to deter browsing by
deer?

Dave Karnstedt