Mountain Laurel: Deer food or foe?

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Author Message   Melonious Citizen Username: Melonious Post Number: 113 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - 10:13 pm:        One site says that it is of medium preference to Bambi; another says that it is poisonous to Bambi. THe list that says "medium preference" also mentions azaleas, redbuds, roses, black eyed susans and weigelas are. That source says that camelia, daylilies and hydrangea are "high preference." I have daylilies and have never had them munched. Is this source wacky, not to be trusted?   Soparents Citizen Username: Soparents Post Number: 831 Registered: 5-2005 Posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - 10:16 pm:        My daylilies show their heads....and then nice green stalks and no heads. I have a mountain laurel which has been nibbled over the last couple of years but left alone this year - we still have plenty of deer so i'm sure it's not poisonous.. My Black eyes susans are ok, the azeleas seem ok too, not nibbled.   Jersey_Boy Citizen Username: Jersey_boy Post Number: 997 Registered: 1-2006 Posted on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - 10:38 pm:        I saw FOUR deer together walking through Montrose. Whose garden is feeding them? Without poison. J.B.   snowmom Citizen Username: Snowmom Post Number: 14392 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 7:53 pm:        My daylilies bloom with abandon throughout June.   Lizziecat Citizen Username: Lizziecat Post Number: 1262 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Wednesday, June 7, 2006 - 9:48 pm:        I have some huge old mountain laurel and rhododendron which the deer leave alone. They also leave my azaleas alone. This must be because they are so happy eating my hosta and trying to get into my vegetable garden. I have given up on daylilies. I also have a apple tree. The deer eat the apples that fall on the ground and the squirrels eat the ones on the tree. The humans don't get any. There is a herd of about 6 deer which hangs out on our dead end street above Ridgewood. Probably some of them go down to Montrose as well. One of them has an injured hind leg and walks with a limp. If you see them, tell them to stay away from the Lizziecats' garden.