Deer Resistant Plants

Athyrium n. (Japanese painted fern)

Matteuccia (Ostrich fern)

Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern)

Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern)

Calamagrostis (Karl Foerster grass)

Miscanthus (Maiden grass) zone 4 or 5 depending on variety

Panicum (switch grass)

Helictotrichon (Blue Oat grass)

Festuca (Blue Fescue)

Pennisetum (Fountain Grass) zone 5

Aconitum (Monkshood)

Alchemilla (Lady’s Mantle)

Aquilegia (Columbine)

Astilbe (False Spirea)

Bergenia (Pig Squeak)

Brunnera (Bugloss)

Chelone (Turtlehead)

Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)

Digitalis (Foxglove)

Epimedium (Barrenwort)

Galium (Sweet Woodruff)

Helleborus (Lenten Rose ‘Ivory Prince’)

Lamiastrum (Yellow Archangel)

Lamium (False Salvia, or Dead Nettle)

Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not)

Pulmonaria (Lungwort)

Tiarella (Foam Flower)

Campsis (Trumpet Vine)

Clematis

Achillea (Yarrow)

Artemisia (Wormwood)

Aster

Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) zone 4 or 5 depending on

variety

Campanula (Bellflower)

Centranthus (Jupiter’s Beard)

Cerastium (Snow-in-Summer) *

Coreopsis

Delphinium (Larkspur) *

Echinacea (Coneflower) *

Euphorbia (Cushion Spurge)

Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)

Geranium (Cranesbill)

Gypsophila *

Helianthus (perennial sunflower)

Hemerocallis (Daylily)

Iberis (Candytuft)

Iris *

Lavendula (Lavender)

Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy)

Liatris (Gay Feather)

Lupinus (Lupine)

Monarda (Bee Balm)

Nepeta (Catmint) *

Oenothera (O. Sundrops or M.Primrose) *

Paeonia (Peony)

Papaver (Poppy)

Penstemon (Beard-Tongue) *

Perovskia (Russian Sage) *

Rudbeckia (Black –Eyed Susan)

Salvia (Sage) *

Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)

Sempervivum (Hens and Chicks)

Stachys (Lamb’s Ear)

Thymus (Thyme) *

Ageratum

Alyssum

Blue Salvia

Calendula

Cleome

Creeping Zinnia

Datura

Dusty Miller

Euphorbia

Forget-Me-Not

Foxglove

Heliotrope

Lantana

Larkspur

Matricaria

Nicotiana

Poppy

Rosemary

Snapdragon

Strawflower

Vinca

Zinnia

Ornamental Onion

Crocus

Bluebell

Snowdrops

Daffodil

Scilla, Siberian Squill

Chionodoxa

Grape Hyacinth

Winter Aconite

Puschkinia, Striped Squill

Colorado Spruce

Douglas Fir ++

Honeysuckle Vine

Wisteria +

Buckeye

Barberry

River Birch +

Paper Birch

Boxwood

Caragana (Peashrub)

Carypoteris

Smoke Tree +

Daphne +

Russian Olive

Forsythia

Hawthorne

St. John’s Wort +

Holly +

Juniper Buffalo

Juniper Prince of Wales

Juniper Moonglow

Cheyenne Privet

Mahonia

Russian Cypress ++

Fragrant Sumac

Elderberry

Arrowwood Viburnum

Spirea

Coralberry

Mountain Mahogany

Rabbitbrush

Buffaloberry

italics = Landon’s List

+ = questionable hardiness

++ = generally not happy here