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Digging In
Digging In
Don't Eat These, Deer
Q Can you recommend plants that deer won't eat? A There are many plants deer don't like. Most of them are poisonous. Others have prickles, thorns or fuzzy leaves that make them difficult to eat.
 
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Choosing Plants
The nursery can be a daunting place if you don't know what to look for in healthy plants. Washington Post gardening expert Adrian Higgins teaches you how to shop wisely for both balled and burlapped and container plants that will thrive in your garden.

Digging In: Sweet Fig, in Garden or Pot (By Scott Aker, August 13, 2009)
 
Digging In: Battling OvergrownWoodland (By Scott Aker, August 6, 2009)
 
Digging In: Help for a Hawthorn Tree (By Scott Aker, July 30, 2009)
 
Digging In: Tall Plum Tree Is a Tall Order (By Scott Aker, July 23, 2009)
 
Digging In: Shade-Loving Shrubs (By Scott Aker, July 16, 2009)
 
Digging In: Seeking an Upright Cedar (By Scott Aker, July 9, 2009)
 
Digging In: Trailing Geraniums Dislike D.C. Heat (By Scott Aker, July 2, 2009)
 
Digging In: Saving a Magnolia (By Scott Aker, June 18, 2009)
 
Digging In: Help With Container Plants (By Scott Aker, June 11, 2009)
 
Digging In: A Targeted Strike (By Scott Aker, June 4, 2009)
 
Staving Off Rust Disease (By Scott Aker, May 28, 2009)
 
Digging In: A Colorful Mystery Solved (By Scott Aker, May 21, 2009)
 
Digging In: How to Kill Invasive Clematis (By Scott Aker, May 14, 2009)
 
Digging In: Time to Rethink Sand Cherries (By Scott Aker, May 7, 2009)
 
Digging In: Undermining the Leafminer (By Scott Aker, April 30, 2009)
 
Digging In: Fruit and Flower of the East (By Scott Aker, April 23, 2009)
 
Digging In: Silver Maples Don't Like to Share (By Scott Aker, April 16, 2009)
 
Digging In: When Scales Afflict Walking Sticks (By Scott Aker, April 9, 2009)
 
Digging In: Nematodes, a Gardener's Nemesis (By Scott Aker, April 2, 2009)
 
Digging In: Keeping Junipers In Check (By Scott Aker, March 26, 2009)
 
Digging In: How to Cultivate a Hydrangea Cutting and Protect Surface Roots (By Scott Aker, March 19, 2009)
 
Digging In: Making Lemons Out of Lemon Trees (By Scott Aker, March 12, 2009)
 
Digging In: Picking a Persimmon Tree (By Scott Aker, March 5, 2009)
 
Digging In: Sustaining Hibiscus in Winter (By Scott Aker, February 26, 2009)
 
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