Deer Resistant Perennials for Partial to Full Shade
Aconitum (Monkshood)
Alchemillia (Lady’s Mantle)
Aquilegia (Columbine)
Asbilbe (Fasle Spirea)
Bergenia (Pig Squeak)
Brunnera
Chelone (Turtlehead)
Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Epimedium (Barrenwort)
Galium (Sweet Woodruff)
Helleborus
Lamium (Dead Nettle)
Myosotis (Forget me Not)
Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
Tiarella (Foam Flower)
Deer Resistant Perennials for Sun
Achillea (Yarrow)
Artemisia (Mugwort, Sagebrush, Wormwood)
Aster
Buddleia
Campanula (Bellflower)
Centranthus (Jupiter’s Beard)
Cerastium (Snow in Summer)
Coreopsis (Tickseed)
Delphinium (Larkspur)
Echinacea (Coneflower)
Euphorbia (Cushion Spurge)
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
Geranium (Cranesbill)
Gypsophila (Baby’s Breath)
Helianthus (Perennial Sunflower)
Iberis (Candytuft)
Iris
Lavendula (Lavender)
Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy)
Liatris (Gay Feather)
Lupinus (Lupine)
Monarda (Bee Balm)
Nepeta (Catmint)
Oenothera (Sundrops or Primrose)
Paeonia (Peony)
Papaver (Poppy)
Penstemon (Beard Tongue)
Perovskia (Russian Sage)
Rudeckia (Black Eyed Susan)
Salvia
Scaviosa (Pincusion Flower)
Sempervivum (Hens and Chicks)
Stachys (Lamb’s Ear)
Thymus (Thyme)
Vines
Campsis (Trumpet Vine)
Clematis
Ferns
Athyrium (Japanese Painted Fern & Lady Fern)
Matteuccia (Ostrich Fern)
Osmunda (Royal Fern)
Perennial Grasses
Calamagrostis (Karl Foerster)
Festuca (Fescue Grass)
Helictotrichon (Blue Oat Grass)
Miscanthus (Maiden Grass)
Panicum (Switch Grass)
Pennisetum (Fountain Grass)
Note:
It is important to note that deer will nibble on new, soft growth of almost anything. Nothing is 100% deer proof but the plants listed above should give you a fighting chance! Also, all plants on the above lists can be purchased at Landons! Happy Planting!
Deer Resistant Annuals
Ageratum
Alyssum
Annual Grasses
Antirrhunum (Snapdragon)
Argyranthemum (Boston Daisy)
Asparagus Fern
Aster
Bacopa
Bidens
Calendula (Marigold)
Chrysanthemum (Mum)
Coleus
Cosmos
Dahlia
Dianthus (Carnation)
Dolochos (Hyacinth Bean Vine)
Euphorbia
Felicia Daisy
Gazinia
Geranium
Helianthus (Sunflower)
Helichrysum (Strawflower)
Helichrysum (Licorice Vine)
Heliotrope
Impatiens
Jacobaea (Dusty Miller)
Lamium Vine
Lantana
Lobelia
Lobularia
Millet
Nasturtium
Penstemon
Phlox
Portulaca (Moss Rose)
Primula (Primrose)
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Sanvitalia
Scavola (Fan Flower
Thunbergia (Black Eyed Susan)
Torenia
Tradescantia (Bolivian Jew)
Verbena
Vinca
Zinnia
Note:
It is important to note that deer will nibble on new, soft growth of almost anything. Nothing is 100% deer proof but the plants listed above should give you a fighting chance! Also, all plants on the above list can be purchased at Landons! Happy Planting!
Deer Resistant Bulbs
Allium (Ornamental Onion)
Chionodoxa (Glory of the Snow)
Crocus
Daffodil
Eranthis (Winter Aconite)
Galanthus (Snowdrops)
Hyacinth
Puschkinia (Striped Squill)
Scilla (Siberian Squill)
Note:
It is important to note that deer will nibble on new, soft growth of almost anything. Nothing is 100% deer proof but the plants listed above should give you a fighting chance! Also, all plants on the above list can be purchased at Landons! Happy Planting!
Deciduous Deer Resistant Shrubs
Berberis (Barberry)
Caragana (Pea Shrub)
Chaenomeles (Quince)
Chrysothamnus (Rabbitbruh)
Cytisus (Broom)
Forsythia
Genista (Lydia Broom)
Hippophae (Sea Buckthorn)
Hypericum (Ames St. John’s Wort)
Ilex (Holly or Winterberry)
Ligustrum (Privet)
Mahonia (Oregon Grape)
Potentilla
Philadelphus (Mock Orange)
*Physocarpus (Ninebark)
Rhus (Fragrant Sumac)
*Sambucus (Elderberry)
Sheperdia (Buffaloberry)
Sorbia (Sem Ash Leaf Spirea)
Spirea
Symphoricarpus (Coralberry/Snowberry)
Ribes (Alpine Currant)
Yucca
Deer Resistant Evergreens
*Juniperus (Juniper)
*Picea (Spruce)
Deer Resistant Evergreens
Betula (Birch)
Caragana (Pea Shrub)
Celtis (Hackberry)
Crataegus (Hawthorn)
Gleditsia (Honeylocust)
Robinia (Black Locust)
Note:
It is important to note that deer will nibble on new, soft growth of almost anything. It is also important to fence all young trees. Not only because lower branches are in reach of deer, but the trunks can get raked by antlers possibly killing your new tree. Nothing is 100% deer proof but the plants listed above should give you a fighting chance! Also, all plants on the above lists can be purchased at Landons! Happy Planting!
*plants are mostly resistant to deer browsing
