1) Brazos Blackberry (Rubus Ursinus 'Brazos')
- Flowers early spring, easily planted in hedgerows, large clusters of edible fruit that ripens in late spring.
2) Bluecrop Blueberry (Vaccinium Corymbosum 'Bluecrop'
- Dceiduous, very productive, dependable shrub with large, firm bright blue berries.
3) Northland Blueberry (Vaccinium x 'Northland')
- Deciduous, ideal for fresh eating, bears large, light blue berries with abundant white flowers.
4) Latham Red Raspberry (Rubus Idaeus 'Latham')
- This type of raspberry is disease-resistant and productive, deciduous, flavorful, aromatic, good texture, berries ripen in late June.
Berry anthocyanins as novel antioxidants in human health and disease prevention
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17533652"Edible berries, a potential source of natural anthocyanin antioxidants, have demonstrated a broad spectrum of biomedical functions. These include cardiovascular disorders, advancing age-induced oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, and diverse degenerative diseases."
New deer resistant plants in my garden:
Dusty Miller (Centaurea Cineraria)
- Fuzzy, silver-gray leaves, bushy, compact habit, mounding annual, adds color contrast to beds.
...of course, deers don't like green onion! Other deer resistant trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, and bulbs:
Trees
- Bottlebrush Buckeye
- Downy Serviceberry
- Shadbush
- Allegheny Serviceberry
- Chinese Paper Birch
- Heritage Birch
- Paper Birch
- Japanese Falsecypress
- Japanese Cedar
- Colorado Blue Spruce
- Scotch Pine
- Douglas Fir
Shrubs
- Bald cypress (Taxodium species)
- Bayberry (Myrica species)
- Cinquefoil (Potentilla species)
- False cypress (Chamaecyparis species)
- Forsythia (Forsythia species)
- Fringe tree (Chionanthus species)
- Spirea (Spiraea species)
- Spruce (Picea species)
- White forsythia (Abelio-phyllum distichum)
- Pawpaw
- Barberry
- Boxwood
- Caryopteria
- American Bittersweet
- Red Osier Dogwood
- Japanese Plum-Yew
- Russian Olive
- Creeping Wintergreen
- Rose of Sharon
- John T. Morris Holly
- Lydia Morris Hollies
- Leucothoe
- European Privet
- Japanese Andromeda
- Common Buckthorn
- Blueberry Elder
- Dwarf Sweet Christmas Box
Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs
- Yarrow
- Monkshood
- Ageratum
- Star of Persia
- Daffodil Garlic
- Lily Leek
- Japanese Anemone
- Rue Anemone
- Common Dill
- Columbine
- Basket-of-Gold
- Snapdragon
- Rock-cress
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Rock Cress
- Berginia
- Plumbago
- Snakeroot
- Colchicum
- Colchicum
- Larkspur
- Lily-of-the-valley
- Threadleaf Coreopsis
- Neopolitan Cyclamen
- Bleeding Heart
- Foxglove
- Wood Fern
- Purple Coneflower
- Barrenwort
- Euphorbia
- Fritillary
- Sweet Woodruff
- Glory Lily
- Stella de Oro Daylily
- Dame's Rocket
- Hyacinth
- Deadnettle
- Lavender
- Toadflax
- Sweet Alyssum
- Rose Champion
- Ostrich Fern
- Daffodil
- Flowering Tobacco
- Royal Fern
- Allegheny Spurge
- Japanese Spurge
- Oriental Poppy
- Scented Geranium
- Russian Sage
- Buttercup
- Rhubarb
- Coneflower
- Sage
- Lavender Cotton
- Squill
- Lamb's Ears
- Marigold
- Common Tansy
- Thyme
- Foam Flower
- Nasturtium
- Yucca
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