[Pelican]

I planted a perennial today that I wanted to log for future reference, but my helper threw out the tags before I had a chance. The leaves are heart shaped, kind of like an ivy leaf, and about the size of a quarter. The edges of the leaves are saw toothed. The plant is pale green, and the centers of the leaves are white.

According to the ID card, they blossom with fragrant pink flowers, my plants lacked flowers. There is also a white blossoming variety. In addition it said the plant gets about 12" in height and that it blossoms throughout the summer. It is supposed to thrive in partial shade and claims to be deer resistant.. I'm in zone 5, keep that in mind.

Any ideas?

[Greensmith]

Sounds like epimedium

[Lanelle]

Could it be Lamium?

[Pelican]

You got it Lanelle, thanks! I thought I remembered it starting with an L but wasn't sure. We have a tough time here finding stuff that the deer don't tear up, I'm anxious to see how this fairs.

[Terre]

When I lived in the foothills, the deer loved munching on my flowers. Hostas and Hen and chicks were favorites, but they left my heucheras alone. You might try those. Lord knows they come in enough colors to suit any scheme, and they work shade or sun.

[Mahonia]

The deer will absolutely go out of their way to munch heucheras around here (Olympia, WA). They will come up close to a house and jump over fences to get to them. Hens and chicks and sedums seem to fare OK, except sometimes the tall varieties like 'Matrona' and 'Autumn Joy'. Mediterranean herbs like lavender, santolina, rosemary and sage are reliably deer proof for me. Most ornamental grasses seem OK. They munch lots of native plants when they are young, but once large enough, the plants seem to recover from the amount of browsing the deer do. Many plants are sometimes ignored, sometimes munched badly, for example, Arbutus unedo and Japanese Maples. Wish it were easier to predict.