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mfix_gw

Deer Attack!

MFIX
10 years ago

Hey all,

I had a viburnum and rose bush mown down by deer this winter (or could be bunnies too). My question is how do I prune the plants to get them looking right again? My viburnum is extremely exaggerated on one side, and I know that pruning these can be tricky or downright unadvisable, so what do I do? As far as the rose bush goes, I just want to even it out with its partner on the other side of the viburum, just wanted to know if anyone had any thoughts on the roses too, or any cautions. I know everyone has their own personal deer and rabbit repellent ideas, but any thoughts on those would be helpful too. I have used Plantskyyd as well as liquid fence. I didnt liquid fence in the winter because it was downright miserable out there this year. I will need to put up a "real" fence next winter, huh. Thx.

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