The worst threat to young trees and shrubs in winter isn’t cold or snow. “It’s bunnies and Bambi,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle.

Deer change where and how long they feed when they detect the scent of large predators, reducing damage to young trees.

In fall or winter, homeowners often discover young trees whose thin bark has been damaged by deer rub. Some trees may have patches where bark hangs in shreds, exposing the underlying wood; in others, ...

The most obvious issue is that the deer eat many of the plants that we would like to grow in our gardens and landscape. Among the plants that deer usually don’t eat are Texas mountain laurel, viburnum ...

If you've followed along with Gandy's Garden in the past, you know Jim Gandy spent a lot of time creating barriers to keep deer from the garden. Deer are abundant around News 19 day and night, and ...

A record 20,660ha of woodland were created in 2023-24, with more than 20m new trees planted across the UK. But significant ...

Several weeks ago we listed four o'clock, Texas mountain laurel, primrose jasmine and vincas as landscape plants that were not eaten by deer. I had one gardener respond that the four o'clock blooms ...

Applications to hunt on McCandless-owned property are available now that deer season is underway, and it’s just one of the efforts from the town to help curb the deer population. A wildlife deer ...