Is Apache Plume deer resistant?
Fallugia paradoxa
Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
Not listed by Rutgers NJAES. Rated deer-resistant by El Paso County CSU Extension, whose list is a single category, mapped conservatively to Seldom Severely Damaged.
About Apache Plume
It flowers and fruits at the same time from May onward: single white flowers like small apple blossom at the shoot tips, pink feathery plumes massing behind them. Mule deer do browse it, heavily in some areas, but it endures close grazing and sprouts again from the root, so it takes their attention rather than escaping it. The shears are the real danger. It is naturally open and straggly, with shaggy whitish bark, and clipping it into a dome takes off the wood that carries next year's flowers and leaves a dense green lump doing neither of the things you planted it for. Rejuvenate it instead by cutting the oldest woody stems to the ground in spring, a few each year. It spreads by root suckers, which is useful holding a dry bank and a nuisance in a small bed, and where conditions really suit it, it can get away from you. Eight to twenty inches of rain a year is all it asks.
Similar to Apache Plume
Other shrubs with the same deer rating.
- Antelope BitterbrushPurshia tridentataSeldom damaged
- Anthony Waterer SpireaSpiraea x bumaldaZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Armstrong JuniperJuniperus chinensis 'Armstrongii'Zones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn OliveElaeagnus umbellataZones 4–9Seldom damaged
- Autumn SageSalvia greggiiZones 6–9Seldom damaged
- Banana YuccaYucca baccataSeldom damaged
Where Apache Plume grows
Hardy across most of these 46 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texasnative
- Coloradonative
- Californianative
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahomanative
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utahnative
- Nevadanative
- Arizonanative
- New Mexiconative
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
Highlighted states are within its native range according to the USDA PLANTS database, where it is native to 8 US states in total.
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Apache Plume
- Is Apache Plume deer resistant?
- Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Apache Plume grow in?
- Apache Plume is hardy in USDA zones 6 to 10. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Apache Plume grow in shade?
- Yes. Apache Plume tolerates part shade, which makes it one of the options for a shaded bed where deer also browse.
- How big does Apache Plume get?
- Mature height is roughly 144–144 in. Growth rate is moderate.