Deer Resistant Plants
While not fool proof, these plants have shown to be highly resistant to deer damage. A good rule of thumb is if the plant has thorns, has a rough texture, or has a constant odor, deer will usually stay away from it. Deer will eat different plants in different places, though, so check with your neighbors to see what they have had success with.
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Annuals/Bulbs:
- Bachelor Button
- Begonia
- Cosmos
- Daffodil
- Dahlia
- Dusty Miller
- Geranium
- Heliotrope
- Lantana
- Lobelia
- Marigold
- Morning Glory
- Salvia
- Snap Dragon
- Sweet Alyssum
- Zinnia
Trees:
- Coffee Tree
- Ginkgo
- Hawthorne
- Honeylocust
- Lilac
- Magnolia
- Maple
- Oak
Evergreens:
- Austrian Pine
- Fir (All)
- Juniper (All)
- Mugo Pine
- Spruce (All)
Perennials & Ground Covers:
- Ajuga
- Allium (Ornamental Onion)
- Asclepia (Butterfly Weed, Swamp Milkweed)
- Astilbe
- Baptisia (False Indigo)
- Black Eyed Susan
- Bleeding Heart
- Chelone (Turtlehead)
- Columbine
- Coneflower (All Varieties)
- Coralbells
- Epimedium (Barrenwort)
- Ferns
- Fox Glove
- Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
- Gas Plant
- Geranium (Cranesbill)
- Globe Thistle
- Joe Pye Weed
- Lambs Ear
- Liatris (Gayfeather)
- Ligularia
- Lily of the Valley
- Lobelia
- Monarda (Bee Balm)
- Nepeta (Cat Mint)
- Ornamental Grasses (All)
- Pachysandra
- Peony
- Poppy
- Russian Sage
- Salvia
- Veronica
- Yarrow
- Yucca
Shrubs:
- Azalea
- Barberry
- Black Chokeberry
- Boxwood
- Clethra (Summersweet)
- Cotoneaster
- Dogwood
- Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle
- Forsythia
- Lilac
- Potentilla
- Rhododendron
- Rose
- Smokebush
- Spirea
- St. John’s Wort
- Sumac
- Viburnum (Nannyberry, Mohican)
- Weigela
- Winterberry
- Witch Hazel