Next time you’re at the nursery, take a potted gray foliage plant and put it next to other plants to see how it looks until you find a combination you love. Santolina comes in gray and green ...

Other aromatic herbs that deer don't like: catnip (here, kitty!), lavender, germander and lavender cotton ( Santolina Shrubs include juniper, cedar and Pacific wax myrtle ( Myrica californica ...