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
