Plants Not Favored by Deer
While deer will eat almost anything if hungry enough, there are a number of woody plants that deer do not usually find appealing.

Pruning Evergreens
Pruning serves multiple purposes: it controls the size of an evergreen, guides its growth, and maintains its health and appearance. Additionally, it enhances safety by eliminating broken, diseased, dead, or dying branches.

Rhizosphaera Needle Cast
Rhizosphaera needle cast is the most common fungal disease of Colorado blue spruce in Wisconsin. The first noticeable symptom is a browning and loss of the innermost needles on lower branches of spruce trees.

White Pine Blister Rust
White pine blister rust is a serious, tree-killing disease of eastern white pine and its close relatives (pines with needles in bundles of five).

Winter Salt Injury and Salt-tolerant Landscape Plants
Deicers such as rock salt are often used in Wisconsin winters to keep walkways and roads ice-free. Use of deicers can have a major impact on plant health.

Winter Burn
Winter burn is a common problem of evergreens including those with broad leaves, needles, and scale-like leaves grown in open, unprotected locations and exposed to severe winter conditions.

Photo left: Pinus spp.