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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

Ditto. My deer aren't famished, but they eat a lot of apple twigs, and I've 
yet to notice a damaged petunia.

Ginda
Eastern MA, zone 6

On Dec 6, 2011, at 7:48 PM, nottke1 wrote:

> We have not had deer eat petunias, and we have a lot of deer that eat a lot 
> of other stuff.
> Jim Nottke
> Pfafftown, NC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>
>> Sent: Dec 6, 2011 5:41 PM
>> To: rewagner@centurytel.net, North American Fruit Explorers 
>> <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] petunia volunteers OT
>> 
>> On 12/6/2011 12:28 PM, Richard L. Wagner wrote:
>>> We settled for the 'old fashioned ones. They are not as bright and
>>> flamboyant but they have the advantage of a wonderful fragrance. Modern
>>> fruits= no flavor. Modern flowers=no fragrance. THey also have the
>>> advantage that they reseed. There is a multiple color strain strain of
>>> fragrant reseeding petunia named 'Laura Bush' for ground cover usage.
>> 
>> 
>> Those sound lovely!  I think my deer would enjoy them too much though.
>> 
>> Anybody try to grow petunias around deer?
>> 
>> Betsy Hilborn