Local gardens should deer-proof plants

Deer have huge appetites and eat just about anything they can reach, according to The Green Scene, a designandbuild landscape firm in Canoga Park, which offers a list of plants that will not tempt deer to dine in the garden.

For foliage try acacia, boxwood, cypress, cedar, pine, spruce, palms and heavenly bamboo. Flowering shrubs and perennials include lantana,

lion's tail, blue hibiscus, butterfly bush, bottle brush, wild lilac, princess flower, yarrow, lilyofthenile, snowinsummer, coneflower, daylily, candytuft, lily turf and monkey flower.

Deerresistant annuals include calendula, impatiens, pincushion flower, Canterbury bell, and California poppy.

There are several deerresistant varieties that can also add

Christmas color to the garden. Holly, pyracantha and viburnum will provide a display of red berries. Classic poinsettia can be grown outdoors in frostfree areas. White ageratum planted in masses will look like snowdrifts, according to The Green Scene.

For more information, call (818) 227-0740 or visit www.greenscenelandscape.com.