Deer Resistant Plants
Perennials
Ferns
Athyrium n. (Japanese painted fern)
Matteuccia (Ostrich fern)
Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern)
Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern)
Ornamental Grasses
Calamagrostis (Karl Foerster grass)
Miscanthus (Maiden grass) zone 4 or 5Â depending on variety
Panicum (switch grass)
Helictotrichon (Blue Oat grass)
Festuca (Blue Fescue)
Pennisetum (Fountain Grass) zone 5
Perennials for Full/Part Shade
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)
Vines
Campsis (Trumpet Vine)
Clematis
Perennials for Sun
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) *
Annuals
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
Bulbs
Ornamental Onion
Crocus
Bluebell
Snowdrops
Daffodil
Scilla, Siberian Squill
Chionodoxa
Grape Hyacinth
Winter Aconite
Puschkinia, Striped Squill
Trees/Shrubs
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