Dear Kathleen and all, I have a fenced yard, but only about 4 ft in most places and deer get in as they wish. Yes some Juno do get eaten to the ground, but so far 'Sindpers' has not been eaten and today a deep blue I aucheri opened near by. The deer have eaten a bunch of I wilmottiana this spring and a few magnifica. They usually jump back in a year or so. And my Odd Crocus tommasinianus: I had a better look and it is a perfect flower in flower double, but each flower has only 5 petals, so maybe not quite so 'perfect' since it should have 6 petals each. Mine is more 'star in star'. I'll mark it for next year. And Frtiillarias are popping up including the F. persica I divided and moved last fall. With a week of frost free nights forecast, and the coming solstice, spring is here. HAPPY SPRING ALL Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +