Deer Resistant Gardens & Plants
Note: Using plants in this list does not guarantee against deer damage and grazing in your garden. Just like people, deer have different tastes and preferences too. So the best approach is to avoid feeding the deer, use deer resistant plants and environmentally safe repellants, and install fencing.
* Indicates plants most frequently agreed to be deer resistant
Deer Resistant Annuals
Ageratum*
Allyssum
Cleome*
Dusty Miller
Lantana*
Nicotania
Plectranthus
Salvia
Snapdragon
Vinca Vine
Zinnia
Deer Resistant Bulbs
Allium
Chionodoxa
Colchicum
Daffodil*
Glanthus ‘Snowdrops’
Grape Hyacinth
Hyacinthoides
Lecojum
Pushkinia
Deer Resistant Groundcovers
Ajuga*
Convallaria*
Galium
Lamiastrum
Lamium
Vinca Minor
Pachysandra
Deer Resistant Ferns
Japanese Painted Fern
Wood Fern
Ostrich Fern
Sensitive Fern
Cinnamon Fern
Royal Fern
Christmas Fern
Deer Resistant Ornamental Grasses
Miscanthus*
Pennisetum*
Arundo
Sporobolis
Panicum*
Calamagrostis
Carex
Saccharum
Deer Resistant Vines
Bignonia
Campsis
Clematis
Lonicera
Wisteria
Deer Resistant Shrubs
Abelia
Aesculus
Barberyy*
Buddleia*
Callicarpa
Calycanthus
Caryopteris*
Cotinus
Forsythia
Hypericum
Lespedeza ‘Gibralter’
Lindera
Myrica*
Rhus ‘Gro-Low’
Spirea*
Symphoricarpus
Vitex*
Yucca
Deer Resistant Evergreen Shrubs
Boxwood*
Cephalotaxus*
Inkberry Holly
Juniper – Low Growing
Mugo Pine*
Deer Resistant Evergreen Trees
Magnolia ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’
Picea Abies
PiceaPungens
Psuedotsuga
Deer Resistant Sun Perennials
Achillia*
Aesclepia
Alchemilla
Amsonia
Aquilegia
Artemesia*
Aster ‘Lady in Red’
Aster ‘Raydons Fav’
Asteromoea
Baptisia
Bee Balm
Calamintha
Coreopsis
Crocosmia
Dianthus ‘Baths Pink’*
Dianthus ‘Firewitch’*
Dianthus ‘Mountain Mist’*
Euphorbia Myrsinites
Euphorbia Robbiae
Geranium ‘Biokova’
Geranium Sanguineum
Iris*
Lavender*
Liatrus
Oenothera
Peony*
Perovskia*
Salvia*
Solidago
Stachys ‘Helen Von Stein’*
Thymus Serphyllum*
Veronica
Deer Resistant Shade Perennials
Aquilegia
Brunnera*
Chelone
Dicentra
Epimedium
Galium*
Helleborus*
Heuchera
Lamium
Lamiastrum
Pulmonaria
Tiarella
Plants that Deer Love the Most
Arborvitea
Day Lily
Euonymus
Holly – Blue & China
Hosta
Impatiens
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Phlox Paniculata
Rhododendron
Roses
Scabiosa
Sedum
Taxus
Tulips
White Pine
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