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saturn333

Boarder tree or shrub

last year

Looking for a screen with trees or shrubs need to grow to 7-10 feet. will be planted on small 2-3 ft driveway ”strip” between properties. Flowering or perfer evergreen must be deer resistant.

Saturn

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  • last year

    Illicium henryi is highly deer resistant.

    Good luck finding inexpensive plants for such a project though!

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