Is Yellow Wax-Bells deer resistant?
Kirengeshoma palmata
Plant typePerennialHardinessZones 5–8LightFull shade to part shade
MaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
About Yellow Wax-Bells
Thick waxy pale yellow bells in late summer over big maple-shaped leaves, on a plant that is far less known than it should be. Wants cool moist acid woodland soil and shelter, and it will not tolerate drought or lime.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 5 to 6.5
- Drainage
- Consistently moist
- Water
- Moderate
- Spacing
- 24 to 35 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Yellow Wax-Bells
Other perennials with the same deer rating.
- African LilyAgapanthus sp.Zones 8–11, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- AsparagusAsparagus officinalisZones 2–9Seldom damaged
- AsterAster sp.Zones 3–8, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- AstilbeAstilbe x arendsiiZones 3–8Seldom damaged
- Baby's BreathGypsophila sp.Zones 3–9, genus rangeSeldom damaged
- BastardsageEriogonum wrightiiZones 5–10Seldom damaged
Where Yellow Wax-Bells grows
Hardy across most of these 49 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
- Wisconsin
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
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Hardy in these zones
Common questions about Yellow Wax-Bells
- Is Yellow Wax-Bells deer resistant?
- Yellow Wax-Bells (Kirengeshoma palmata) is rated Seldom Severely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Light browsing at worst; rarely ruined.
- What hardiness zones does Yellow Wax-Bells grow in?
- Yellow Wax-Bells is hardy in USDA zones 5 to 8. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Yellow Wax-Bells grow in shade?
- Yes. Yellow Wax-Bells tolerates full shade to part shade, which makes it one of the options for a shaded bed where deer also browse.