Deer Resistant Perennials for Partial to Full Shade
- Aconitum (Monkshood)
- Aegopodium (Snow on Mountain)
- Ajuga (Bungleweed)
- Alchemillia (Lady’s Mantle)
- Aquilegia (Columbine)
- Asbilbe (Fasle Spirea)
- Bergenia (Pig Squeak)
- Brunnera
- Chelone (Turtlehead)
- Cimicifuga
- Convallaria (Lily of Vally)
- Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
- Digitalis (Foxglove)
- Epimedium (Barrenword)
- Galium (Sweet Woodruff)
- Helleborus
- Heuchera (Coral Bells)
- Heucherella (Foamy Bells)
- Lamium (Dead Nettle)
- Ligularia
- Lysimachia (Creeping Jenny)
- Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
- Rodgersia (Rodger’s Flower)
- Tiarella (Foam Flower)
- Vinca (Periwinkle)
Deer Resistant Perennials Sun
Achillea (Yarrow)
Alluim (Ornamental Onion)
Artemisia (Mugwort, Sagebrush, Wormwood)
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
Aster
Baptisia (False Indigo)
Buddleia
Campanula (Bellflower)
Centranthus (Jupiter’s Beard)
Cerastium (Snow in Summer)
Coreopsis (Tickseed)
Dalea (Prairie Clover)
Delphinium (Larkspur)
Dianthus
Echinacea (Coneflower)
Echinops (Globe Thistle)
Eriogonum (Buckwheat)
Erynguim (Sea Holly)
Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed)
Euphorbia (Cushion Spurge)
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
Geranium (Cranesbill)
Geum
Gypsophila (Baby’s Breath)
Helenium (Sun Rose)
Helianthus (Perennial Sunflower)
Hibiscus (Rose Mallow)
Iberis
(Candytuft)
Iris
Lavendula (Lavender)
Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy)
Liatris (Gay Feather)
Limonium (Sea Lavender)
Lobelia (Cardinal)
Lupinus (Lupine)
Lychnis
Monarda (Bee Balm)
Nepeta (Catmint)
Oenothera (Sundrops or Primrose)
Paeonia (Peony)
Papaver (Poppy)
Penstemon (Beard Tongue)
Perovskia (Russian Sage)
Platycodon (Balloon Flower)
Polemonium (Jacobs Ladder)
Potentilla (Cinquefoil)
Rudeckia (Black Eyed Susan)
Salvia
Scaviosa (Pincusion Flower)
Sempervivum (Hens and Chicks)
Stachys (Lamb’s Ear)
Thymus (Thyme)
Trollius (Globe Flower)
Veronica (Speedwell)
Deer Resistant Vines
- Campsis (Trumpet Vine)
- Clematis
Deer Resistant Ferns
Athyrium (Japanese Painted Fern & Lady Fern)
- Matteuccia (Ostrich Fern)
- Osmunda (Royal Fern)
Deer Resistant Perennial Grasses
- Chasmantium (Wild Oat Grass)
- Festuca (Fescue Grass)
- Hakonechloa
- Helictotrichon (Blue Oat Grass)
- Calamagrostis (Karl Foerster)
- Miscanthus (Maiden Grass)
- Panicum (Switch Grass)
- Pennisetum (Fountain Grass)
- Sorghastrum (Indian Grass)
- Schizachyrium (Little Blue Stem)
Deer Resistant Annuals
- Ageratum
- Alyssum
- Annual Grasses
- Antirrhunum (Snapdragon)
- Argyranthemum (Boston Daisy)
- Asparagus Fern
- Aster
- Bacopa
- Bidens
- Calendula (Marigold)
- Chrysanthemum (Mum)
- Chrysocephelum (Strawflower) (Formally Helichrysum)
- Coleus
- Cosmos
- Dahlia
- Dianthus (Carnation)
- Dolochos (Hyacinth Bean Vine)
- Dracaena
- Euphorbia
- Felicia Daisy
- Gazania
- Geranium (Scented Geranium)
- Geranium
- Helianthus (Sunflower)
- Helichrysum (Licorice Vine)
Helichrysum (Strawflower) (Now Chrysocephelum )
Heliotrope
Impatiens
Jacobaea (Dusty Miller)
Lamium Vine
Lantana
Lobelia
Lobularia
Millet
Nasturtium
Penstemon
Pentas
Phlox
Portulaca (Moss Rose)
Primula (Primrose)
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Sanvitalia
Scavola (Fan Flower
Thunbergia (Black Eyed Susan)
Torenia
Tradescantia (Bolivian Jew)
Verbena
Vinca
Zinnia
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)
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)
Yacca
Deer Resistant Evergreens
- *Juniperus (Juniper)
- *Picea (Spruce)
Deer Resistant Deciduous Trees
*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!
All plants on the above lists can be purchased at Landon’s!
Happy Planting!
