Via I-79 it is 30 miles (48 km) south to downtown Pittsburgh and 99 miles (159 km) north to Erie. Pennsylvania Route 68 passes through the borough just south of the downtown and leads west into Zelienople and east 17 miles (27 km) to Butler, the county seat.
Which plants do deer dislike? 1  Not surpisingly, deer stay away from poisonous plants 2  ! Deer also turn their noses up at fragrant plants with strong scents. 3  Would you want to eat something prickly? 4  Our favorite deer-resistant perennials are bleeding hearts (Dicentra spectabilis).
This list of deer resistant plants was compiled from Gardenweb postings and other sources. As you can see from the follow-up postings at the bottom of the list, RESISTANT is the key word. Deer can be quite the gourmets and yours may still be partial to some of the plants on this list. Deer that are hungry enough will eat everything bare from the ground up into the trees as high as they can reach. Many of the plants on this list are poisonous or medicinal.