Deer Resistant Plants

These deer-resistant plants are seldom eaten or damaged beyond repair by deer. When deer are given a choice, they will usually opt for an alternative to the plants listed here. Examples would be Hostas or Tulips, which taste like candy to a deer and are almost always eaten when deer are present. Unlike Hostas or Tulips, the plants listed here are usually not their first choice. Remember though,  when extremely hungry, deer will eat almost anything.

Perennials

  • Achillea – Yarrow
  • Agastache- Anise Hyssop
  • Ajuga – Bugleweed
  • Allium – Ornamental Onion
  • Aquilegia spp.-Columbine
  • Armeria – Sea Thrift
  • Artemesia – Wormwood
  • Asclepias- Butterfly Weed
  • Baptisia – False Indigo
    Berengia spp.
  • Coreopsis-Threadleaf
  • Dicentra – Bleeding Heart
  • Digitalis- Foxglove
  • Echinacea-Purple coneflower
  • Euphorbia spp.
    Ferns
  • Hemerocallis-Stella d’Oro daylilly
  • Helleborus- Lenten Rose
  • Iris- Siberian Iris
  • Lavandula – Lavender spp.
  • Nepeta – Catnip
  • Oenothera – Evening Primrose
  • Paeonia – Peony
  • Papaver Orientale- Poppy
  • Perovskia – Russian Sage
  • Polygonum – Knotweed
  • Pulmonaria – Lungwort
  • Sedum spp.
  • Solidago – Goldenrod
  • Stachys Byzantina – Lamb’s ear
  • Yucca

Perennial Ornamental Grasses

  • Calamagrostis-Karl Foerster Reed Grass
  • Carex – Sedge
  • Festuca Glauca – Blue Fescue
  • Miscanthus sinesis-all varieties
  • Panicum virgatum-all varieties
  • Pennisetum – Karly Rose Fountain Grass

Groundcover/Bulbs

  • Narcissus- Daffodil
  • Lamium – Dead Nettle
  • Asperula – Sweet Woodruff

Annuals

  • Ageratum – Blue Floss Flower
  • Antirrhinum – Snapdragon
  • Cleome- Spider Plant
  • Helichrysum – Strawflower
  • Hypoestes- Polka Dot Plant
    Lantana
  • Nicotiana – Tobacco Plant
  • Osteospermum – African Daisy
  • Pentas- Star Flower
    Salvia
  • Senecio Cinneraria – Dusty Miller
  • Tagetes- Marigolds
    Verbena Bonariensis- Verbena
  • Vinca
  • Zinnia

Shrubs

  • Aconitum – Monkshood
  • Amelanchier- Serviceberry
  • Berberis- Barberry
  • Buddleia – Butterfly Bush
  • Deutzia
  • Fritillaria – Crown Imperial
  • Hydrangea Petiolaris- Climbing
    Hydrangea
  • Hypericum – St. John’s Wort
  • Kalmia – Mountain Laurel
  • Kolkwitzia – Beautybush
  • Potentilla
  • Pyracantha – Firethorn
    Spirea
  • Viburnum
  • Vitex – Chastetree
  • Wisteria

Deciduous Trees

  • Cercis
  • Canadensis- Rebud
  • Cornus-Dogwood spp.
  • Crataegus- Hawthorn
  • Fagus- Beech
  • Hammamelis- Witchhazel
  • Quercus- Oak spp.

Evergreen Trees

  • Abies- Fir
  • Buxus- Boxwood
  • Chamaecyparis- False Cypress
  • Ilex – Holly
    Metasequoia
  • Glyptostoboides- Dawn
  • Redwood
  • Picea – Colorado Blue,
  • Norway, and White Spruce
  • Pinus- White, Austrian and Red Pine

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