Plants Less Preferred by Mule Deer

* Plants recommended by ‘Lois Holes Perennial Favorites’
+ Plants most resistant to deer browse

*+Achillea species (Yarrow)

*Aconitum napellus (Monkshood)

Akebia (Chocolate Vine)

Alchemilla (Lady’s Mantle)

Allium (Ornamental Onion)

Aquliegia (Columbine)

*Artemisia species (Sage)

Asarum (Wild Ginger)

*Aster species (Aster)

Astilbe False (Spirea)

Bergenia

Borago (Borage)

Campanula (Bellflower)

Celastrus (Bittersweet)

Centaurea (Bachelor’s Button)

*+Cerastium species (Snow-In-Summer)

Chrysopsis species (Golden Aster)

Convallaria (Lily-Of-The-Valley)

Coreopsis species (Tickseed)

+Delphinium species (Delphinium)

*Dicentra species (Bleeding Heart)

*Digitalis species (Foxglove)

Duchesnea (False Strawberry)

+Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

*Epimedium rubrum (Bishop’s Hat)

*Euphorbia species (Spurge)

*Filipendula species (Meadowsweet)

*Gaillardia species (Blanketflower)

Galium (Sweet Woodruff)

Geranium species (Hardy Geranium)

+Gutierrezia sarothrae (Snakeweed)

+Gypsophilia species (Baby’s Breath)

Helianthus maxcimiliani (False Sunflower)

Helleborus species (Hellebore)

*Hemerocallis species (Daylily)

Iberis (Candytuft)

+Iris species (Iris)

+Kniphofia species (Poker Plant)

*Lamium species (Deadnettle)

*Leucanthemum species (Shasta daisy)

Liatris punctata (Gayfeather)

+Lilium tigrinum (Tiger Lily)

*Lupinus species (Lupine)

+Mentha species (Mint)

Mertensia species (Mertensia)

*Monarda species (Beebalm)

Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not)

+Narcissus species (Daffodil)

*+Nepeta species (Catmint)

+Oenothera (Missouri)

missouriensis (Primrose)

+Origanum species (Oregano)

Pachysandra (Spurge)

Papaver (Poppy)

Parthenocissus (Woodine)

Peaonia species (Peony)

*+Penstemon species (Beardtongue)

+Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)

Perscaria (Fleeceflower)

Petunia

Pulmonaria (Lungwort)

+Ranunculus species (Buttercup)

Ratibida columnifera (Mexican Hat)

Rheum species(Rhubarb)

*Rudbeckia species (Black-eyed Susan)

Salvia (Meadow Sage)

+Salvia officinalis (Culinary Sage)

Scabiosa

Sempervivum (Hen & Chicks)

Sphaeralcea species (Globemallow)

Stachys (Lamb’s Ear)

Thermopsis species (False Lupine)

+Thymus species (Thyme)

Viola

Vitis (Grape)

Waldsteinia (Ornamental Strawberry)

Zinnia grandiflora (Prairie Zinnia)

Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)

Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)

Betula species (Birch)

Crataegus species (Hawthorn)

Fraxinus americana (White Ash)

Picea engelmanni (Engelman Spruce)

Picea pungens (Colorado Spruce)

Pinus aristata (Bristlecone Pine)

Clematis

Cornus sericea (Red-Osier Dogwood)

Potentilla fruticosa (Shrubby Cinquefoil)

Ribes grossularia (Gooseberry)

+Yucca species (Yucca)

Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoon Serviceberry)

Artemisia nova (Black Sagebrush)

Artemisia tridentata (Big Sagebrush)

Atriplex canescens (Fourwing Saltbush)

Berberis repens (Creeping Barberry)

Chrysothamnus vicidiflorus (Douglas Rabbitbrush)

Coleagyne ramosissima (Common Blackbrush)

Cowania mexicana (Mexican Cliffrose)

Crataegus douglasii (Douglas Hawthorn)

Eurotia lanata (Common Winterfat)

Fallugia paradoxa (Apache Plume)

Pachistima myrsinites (Myrtle Pachistma)

Prunus fasciculata (Desert Peachbrush)

Prunus viriginiana (Chokecherry)

Prushia tridentata (Antelope Bitterbrush)

Quercus gambelii (Gambel Oak)

Rhus glabra (Smooth Sumac)

Rhus trilobata (Oakbrush Sumac)

Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)

Rosa nutkana (Nootka Rose)

Rosa woodsii (Woods Rose)

Rubus strigosis (Western Red Raspberry)

Sambucus caerulea (Blueberry Edler)

Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Black Greasewood)

Symphoricarpos oreophilus (Mountain Snowberry)

These plants are less preferred by deer and other wildlife. Wildlife will eat almost any plant if hungry enough. Trampling, rubbing or digging may also injure plants.